Country: Chile, Brazil
Year: 2008
Duration: 98'
Santiago de Chile, 1978. In the middle of the Pinochet dictatorship,
Raúl Peralta, a man in his fifties, is obsessed with the idea of
impersonating Tony Manero, John Travolta’s character in Saturday
Night Fever, and he leads a small group of dancers regularly
performing at a bar located in the outskirts of the city. His dream
of being recognized as a successful showbiz star is about to become
a reality when the national television announces a Tony Manero
impersonating contest, but his urge to look like his idol drives him
to commit a series of crimes and thefts. In the meantime, his dancing
partners, who are involved in underground activities against the regime,
are persecuted by the governments secret police.
“With this story I intended to take a harsh look at a society that
is incapable of coming face to face with his recent past. A society
whose hands are covered in blood but that tries to look stylish and
trendy, dancing under the flashy lights while ignoring the suffering
of others. A country that turns its back on itself in exchange for
the dream of progress.”
Biography
film director
Pablo Larrain
Pablo Larraín (Santiago, Chile, 1976) studied audiovisual communications at Santiago’s UNIAAC. He is one of the founders of Fabula, a film production and advertising company. In 2005, he directed his first feature film, Fuga, which received awards at the Cartagena Film Festival, at the Malaga Spanish Film Festival and at Trieste’s Latin American Film Festival. His next film, Tony Manero, won the 2008 Torino Film Festival and received much international recognition, as did Post Mortem (2010), which competed at the Venice Film Festival. In 2011, he produced and directed with Jonathan Jakubowicz the TV series Prófugos. In 2012, his film No won the CICAE Award at the Cannes Film Festival, where it was presented at the Quinzaine des réalisateurs.
FILMOGRAFIA
Fuga (2005), Tony Manero (2008), Post Mortem (2010), Prófugos (coregia/codirector Jonathan Jakubowicz, tv, 2011), No (2012).
Cast
& Credits
regia/director Pablo Larraín
soggetto, sceneggiatura/story, screenplay Pablo Larraín, Alfredo Castro, Mateo Irbarren
fotografia/cinematography Sergio Armstrong
montaggio/film editing Andrea Chignoli
scenografia/production design Polin Garbisú
suono/sound Miguel Hormazábal
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Alfredo Castro (Raúl), Amparo Noguera (Cony), Paola Lattus (Pauli), Héctor Morales (Goyo), Elsa Poblete (Wilma)
produttore/producer Juan de Dios Larraín
produzione/production Fabula
coproduzione/coproduction Prodigital
distribuzione/distribution Ripley’s Film
vendita all’estero/world sales Funny Balloons
soggetto, sceneggiatura/story, screenplay Pablo Larraín, Alfredo Castro, Mateo Irbarren
fotografia/cinematography Sergio Armstrong
montaggio/film editing Andrea Chignoli
scenografia/production design Polin Garbisú
suono/sound Miguel Hormazábal
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Alfredo Castro (Raúl), Amparo Noguera (Cony), Paola Lattus (Pauli), Héctor Morales (Goyo), Elsa Poblete (Wilma)
produttore/producer Juan de Dios Larraín
produzione/production Fabula
coproduzione/coproduction Prodigital
distribuzione/distribution Ripley’s Film
vendita all’estero/world sales Funny Balloons
TFF
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