MundoAndino Home : Andes Argentina Guide at MundoAndino
Un Crisantemo Estalla en Cinco Esquinas
Un crisantemo estalla en cinco esquinas (1998) is an Argentine, Brazilian, French, and Spanish, film, written and directed by Daniel Burman, his first feature film. The picture was produced by Diego Dubcovsky. It features Jose Luis Alfonzo, Pastora Vega, Martin Kalwill, among others. Un Crisantemo Estalla en Cinco Esquinas at the Internet Movie Database.
Film critic Anthony Kaufman, writing for indieWIRE, an online community of independent filmmakers and aficionados, said Burman's A Chrysanthemum Burst in Cincoesquinas (1998) has been cited as the beginning of the "New Argentine Cinema" wave. Kaufman, Anthony. indieWIRE, "Argentina's Next Wave Struggle Sustains Momentum Amid Economic Collapse," March 20, 2002.
Plot
The story takes place in South America at the turn of the 20th Century.
As a child, Erasmo (Jose Luis Alfonzo) was left with a nurse by his parents, who had to escape a waging civil war. Erasmo is now a grown man. He has lost his parents, and now his foster mother is brutally murdered. He seeks to avenge her death, and the culprit is the landowner and head of state, El Zancudo (Walter Reyno).
Erasmo befriends a poor Jew named Saul (Martin Kalwill), who is prepared to help him in his undertaking. Along the way, Erasmo finds allies, adversaries, love, and then Magdalena (Valentina Bassi).
Cast
Jose Luis Alfonzo as Erasmo
Pastora Vega as La Gallega
Martin Kalwill as Saul
Valentina Bassi as Magdalena
Millie Stegmann as La Boletera
Walter Reyno as El Zancudo
Rolly Serrano as Cachao
Ricardo Merkin as Doctor
Aldo Romero as Lucio
Maria Luisa Arguello as Elsa
Sandra Ceballos as Mother
Guadalupe Farias Gomez as Albina
Antonio Tarrago Ros as Chamamecero
Distribution
The film was first presented at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 11, 1998. It opened in Argentina on May 7, 1998.
It screened at the Muestra de Cine Argentino en Medellin, Colombia.
Awards
Wins
Sochi International Film Festival, Sochi, Russia: FIPRESCI Prize, Daniel Burman.
External links
Un crisantemo estalla en cinco esquinas at the cinenacional.com .
Need more information for your travel research or homework?
Ask your questions at the forum about Argentine films or help others to find answers.
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Un Crisantemo Estalla en Cinco Esquinas
