Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes (film)

Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes (film)

Infobox Film
name = Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes


image_size =
caption = Theatrical poster
director = Israel Adrián Caetano Bruno Stagnaro
producer = Bruno Stagnaro
writer = Israel Adrián Caetano Bruno Stagnaro
narrator =
starring = Héctor Anglada Jorge Sesán Pamela Jordán
music = Leo Sujatovich
cinematography = Marcelo Lavintman
editing = Andrés Tambornino
distributor = Palo y a la Bolsa Cine
released = Argentina: January 15 1998 United States: December 27 2005
runtime = 92 minutes
country = Argentina
language = Spanish
budget =
website =
amg_id = 1:173786
imdb_id = 0145393

"Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes" ( _es. Pizza, birra, faso), (1998) is an Argentine drama film, co-directed and co-written by Israel Adrián Caetano and Bruno Stagnaro. It's also known as: "Pizza, Beer & Smokes." The drama features Héctor Anglada, Jorge Sesan, Pamela Jordán, and others. [imdb title|id=0145393|title=Pizza, birra, faso.]

"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." [ [http://www.moviemaker.com/magazine/editorial.php?id=67 Shpuntoff, Richard] . "Movie Maker Magazine," "Don’t 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 (Héctor 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 Cordobés 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, Cordobés finds a gun and borrows a 1971 Ford Fairlane in order to rob a restaurant. His plans go terribly wrong.

Cast

* Héctor Anglada as El Cordobés
* Jorge Sesán as Pablo
* Pamela Jordán as Sandra
* Adrián Yospe as Rubén
* Daniel Di Biase as Trompa
* Walter Díaz as Frula
* Martín Adjemián as Taxista
* Elena Cánepa as Vieja
* Rubén Rodríguez as Rengo
* Tony Lestingi as Pasajero
* Alejandro Pous as Megabom
* Marcelo Videla as Policía
* 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. [ [http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/summary_0199-35661_ITM Gutierrez, Maria Alejandra] . "Goliath," "Bountiful rebound of Argentine cinema," May 1, 2004.] [IMDb, awards section, ibid.]

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, Héctor Anglada; Best Original Screenplay, Bruno Stagnaro & Adrián Caetano; 1999.
* Fribourg International Film Festival, Fribourg, Switzerland: FIPRESCI Prize, Israel Adrián 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 Adrián Caetano and Bruno Stagnaro; 1998.
* Toulouse Latin America Film Festival: Israel Adrián 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, Adrián Caetano and Bruno Stagnaro; 1998.
* Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor; Best Director, Bruno Stagnaro and Adrián Caetano; Best Editing, Andrés Tambornino; Best New Actor, Jorge Sesán; 1999.

References

External links

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* [http://www.cinenacional.com/peliculas/index.php?pelicula=2268 "Pizza, birra, faso"] at cinenacional.com es icon
* [http://www.cineismo.com/criticas/pizza,%20birra,%20faso.htm "Pizza, birra, faso"] review at "Cineismo" by Guillermo Ravaschino es icon
* [http://leercine.com.ar/verNota.asp?id=26 "Pizza, birra, faso"] review at Leer Cine by Santiago García es icon
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWFV1nPBPgo "Pizza, birra, faso"] film clip at You Tube


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