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Whisky (film)
Whisky is an Uruguayan, Argentine, German, and Spanish tragicomedy released in 2004, and directed by Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll. Whisky at the Internet Movie Database.
The film stars Andres Pazos, Mirella Pascual, Jorge Bolani, Ana Katz, and Daniel Hendler.
It debuted at the Cannes Film Festival and won the FIPRESCI Prize and the Regard Original Award.
Plot
On the first anniversary of his mother's death, Jacobo (Andres Pazos), the owner of a small and struggling sock factory, asks one of his attentive employees, Marta (Mirella Pascual), to spend a few days at his home because his brother (Jorge Bolani) is arriving for a visit.
It takes some time to realize that Jacobo asks because he has no one else to ask.
Why Marta agrees is another matter.
Exhibition
The film was first presented at the Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 2004.
The picture was screened at various film festivals, including: the La Rochelle Film Festival, France; the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, Czech Republic; the Brussels Cinedecouvertes Film Festival, Belgium; the Copenhagen International Film Festival, Denmark; the Toronto Film Festival, Canada; and others.
Release dates
Argentina: February 3, 2005 (Buenos Aires), March 3, 2005 (wide)
Canada: September 16, 2004
Germany: May 5, 2005
Spain: December 10, 2004
United Kingdom: October 22, 2004
United States: October 12, 2004
Uruguay: August 6, 2004
Critical reception
The film was well received by film critics and at the film festival it was screened.
Critic Manohla Dargis, writing for the New York Times said, "the film is a model of both fiscal and narrative economy, and the kind of work - gleaned from the mysteries of consciousness, telling quotidian details and a sense of aesthetic proportion - that is too often missing from American independent cinema." Dargis, Manohla. The New York Times, film review, "A Tale of Connections, Tiny Ones Made and Far Greater Ones Lost Forever," March 3, 2005.
Cast
Andres Pazos as Jacobo Koller
Mirella Pascual as Marta Acuna
Jorge Bolani as Herman Koller
Ana Katz as Graciela, the young wife
Daniel Hendler as Martin, the young husband
Veronica Perrotta as Jacobo's worker 1
Mariana Velazques as Jacobo's worker 2
Dumas Lerena as Isaac, Jacobo's client
Damian Barrera as Andres, the receptionist
Alfonso Tort as Juan Carlos, the bellboy
Francisca Barreira as Young girl singer
External links
Whisky at the cinenacional.com .
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