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Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes (film)
Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes , (1998) is an Argentine drama film, co-directed and co-written by Israel Adrian Caetano and Bruno Stagnaro. It's also known as: Pizza, Beer & Smokes. The drama features Hector Anglada, Jorge Sesan, Pamela Jordan, and others.
Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes is the film that's known as "the spark that ignited the New Argentine Cinema when it premiered at the international Mar del Plata Film Festival." Shpuntoff, Richard. Movie Maker Magazine, "Dont Cry for Argentina," Issue 54, Spring 2004.
The motion picture was filmed entirely in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Plot
This story takes place in an impoverished district outside Buenos Aires. It tells about a corrupt group of teenage misfits: the not-so-bright Megabom (Alejandro Pous), the asthmatic Pablo (Jorge Sesan), the nerdy Frula (Walter Diaz), and Sandra (Pamela Jordan), the pregnant girlfriend of El Cordobes (Hector Anglada). All are squatters living together in the same house. The group wanders the city and steal in order to survive.
Sandra, because she's pregnant, starts to think about her future and the life she can make for her expected baby. She tells Cordobes that if he doesn't go straight, she'll leave him.
But, when the gang robs a legless street vendor, Sandra is arrested.
Instead, of straightening up, Cordobes fins a gun and borrows a 1971 Ford Fairlane in order to rob a restaurant. His plans go terribly wrong.
Cast
Hector Anglada as El Cordobes
Jorge Sesan as Pablo
Pamela Jordan as Sandra
Adrian Yospe as Ruben
Daniel Di Biase as Trompa
Walter Diaz as Frula
Martin Adjemian as Taxista
Elena Canepa as Vieja
Ruben Rodriguez as Rengo
Tony Lestingi as Pasajero
Alejandro Pous as Megabom
Marcelo Videla as Policia
Gustavo Saenz as Policia 2
Claudia Moreno as Prostituta
Roberto Alvarez as Patovica
Distribution
The producers used the following tagline to promote the film:
Four friends. One city. Only one way out.
The film first opened in Argentina on January 15, 1998.
The film was shown at various film festivals, including: the Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland; the Toulouse Latin America Film Festival, France; the Montevideo Film Festival, Uruguay; the Gramado Film Festival, Brazil; and the Torino International Festival of Young Cinema, Turin, Italy. Gutierrez, Maria Alejandra. Goliath, "Bountiful rebound of Argentine cinema," May 1, 2004.
In the United States it was not released as a feature film, but rather it was released in DVD format on December 27, 2005.
Awards
Wins
Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor; Best Film; Best First Film; Best New Actor, Hector Anglada; Best Original Screenplay, Bruno Stagnaro & Adrian Caetano; 1999.
Fribourg International Film Festival, Fribourg, Switzerland: FIPRESCI Prize, Israel Adrian Caetano and Bruno Stagnaro, for a first feature by two young directors who dramatize with force and without sentimentality the predicament of the teenage marginals of Argentina; and Grand Prix; 1998.
Gramado Film Festival: Golden Kikito -- Best Director; Best Film, Best Screenplay; Israel Adrian Caetano and Bruno Stagnaro; 1998.
Toulouse Latin America Film Festival: Israel Adrian Caetano and Bruno Stagnaro; 1998.
Nominations
Torino International Festival of Young Cinema, Torino, Italy: Prize of the City of Torino Best Film - International Feature Film Competition, Adrian Caetano and Bruno Stagnaro; 1998.
Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor; Best Director, Bruno Stagnaro and Adrian Caetano; Best Editing, Andres Tambornino; Best New Actor, Jorge Sesan; 1999.
External links
Pizza, birra, faso at cinenacional.com .
Pizza, birra, faso review at Cineismo by Guillermo Ravaschino .
Pizza, birra, faso review at Leer Cine by Santiago Garcia .
Pizza, birra, faso film clip at You Tube.
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