Chico (film)

Chico
Directed by Ibolya Fekete
Written by Ibolya Fekete
Starring Eduardo Rózsa Flores
Cinematography Mátyás Erdély
Antonio Farías
Nyika Jancsó
Edited by Anna Kornis
Production
company
Arte
Hunnia Filmstúdió
Maxima Film Compagnia Cinematografica
Roos Film
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
Distributed by Hunnia Filmstúdió (all media)
Maxima Film (all media)
ZDF Enterprises (all media)
Release dates
17 January 2002 (Hungary)
Running time
112 mins.
Country Germany
Croatia
Hungary
Chile
Language Spanish
Hungarian
Serbian
English

Chico is a 2001 Hungarian movie about the life of Eduardo Rózsa Flores.

Plot

The protagonist is a man who was born in Bolivia to a Hungarian immigrant. His family fled to Chile after a coup in Bolivia, and remained in Chile until the 1973 coup, after which they fled to Hungary. After coming of age in Hungary, Chico witnesses the Yugoslav wars in the 1990s.

Production

The Croatian Ministry of Defence subsidized the production of the movie.[1] Several Croatian actors had a part in the movie.[2]

Reception

At the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, the movie won the award for best direction, and was nominated for the Crystal Globe.[2]

References

  1. Ponoš, Tihomir (4 January 2011). "Bolivijski predsjednik Morales htio tužiti Hrvatsku zbog Chica" (in Croatian). Novi list. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Premec, Tina (17 April 2009). "'Zaljubio se u rakiju i kulen'" (in Croatian). Jutarnji list. Retrieved 20 May 2012.

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