- El Bonaerense
Infobox Film
name = El bonaerense
image_size =
caption = Theater Poster
director =Pablo Trapero
producer = Pablo Trapero
writer = Nicolas Gueilburt
Ricardo Ragendorfer
Dodi Shoeuer
Pablo TraperoDaniel Valenzuela
narrator =
starring =Jorge Román
Mimí Ardú
Darío Levy
music = Pablo Lescano
cinematography = Guillermo Nieto
editing =Nicolás Goldbart
distributor =Pol-Ka
released = France:May 21 ,2002
ArgentinaSeptember 19 ,2002
runtime = 105 minutes
country =Argentina Chile France Netherlands
language = Spanish
budget =
website =
amg_id = 1:265819
imdb_id = 0315850"El bonaerense" (2000) is an Argentine, Chilean, French, and Dutch drama
film . It was directed and produced byPablo Trapero . The screenplay was a joint effort of Nicolas Gueilburt, Ricardo Ragendorfer, Dodi Shoeuer, Pablo Trapero, and actorDaniel Valenzuela , and partly funded byINCAA . It featuresJorge Román , Mimí Ardú, among others. [imdb title|id=0315850|title=El bonarense.]The movie deals with the corruption of the Bonaerense Police in the
Buenos Aires Province ,Argentina , and the lives of those involved in it.Plot
Zapa (
Jorge Román ) is a locksmith apprentice living the simple life inCorrientes with his family.After the locksmith Polaco (Hugo Anganuzzi) pulls a job on a safe and uses him as a scapegoat, Zapa is made to pay for the crime by serving in the Buenos Aires police jail, which is pictured as notoriously corrupt. This takes him to the "La Matanza"
barrio inGreater Buenos Aires .Here, Zapa is taken in as the "protegée" of his superior Gallo (Darío Levy) and begins to climb the ladder of corruption. At the same time he has an affair with instructor Mabel (Mimí Ardú).
His journey through the political underworld as he frames and bribes ultimately takes him to the edge of innocence, and a final confrontation with "El Polaco."
Cast
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Jorge Román as Zapa
* Mimí Ardú as Mabel
* Darío Levy as Gallo
* Víctor Hugo Carrizo as Molinari
* Hugo Anganuzzi as Polaco
*Graciana Chironi as Zapa's Mother
* Luis Viscat as Pellegrino
* Roberto Posse as Ismael
* Aníbal Barengo as Caneva
* Lucas Olivera as Abdala
* Gastón Polo as Lanza
* Jorge Luis Giménez as BertiCritical reception
"New York TImes" film critic
Stephen Holden lauded the film and wrote, "There are no crusading moralists to clean up the mess in "El Bonaerense," Pablo Trapero's grim, dispassionate drama of police corruption, set mostly in contemporary Buenos Aires. This powerful sweat-stained swatch of Argentine neo-realism, filmed in harsh high contrast that throws its characters' faces into deep shadow, follows the initiation of Zapa (Jorge Román), a naïve police recruit, into a labyrinth of sleaze... [the film] is all the more disturbing for refusing to act as an exposé. It just throws up its hands and says that this is the way it is. And its pointed detachment lends certain scenes an almost farcical sense of the absurd." [ [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?_r=1&res=9800E4DD1F3BF935A15752C1A9659C8B63&oref=slogin Holden, Stephen] . "The New York Times," film review,November 26 ,2003 . Last accessed:February 6 ,2008 .]Distribution
The film was first presented at the
Cannes Film Festival onMay 21 ,2002 . It opened in Argentina onSeptember 19 , 2002.The picture was screened at various film festivals, including: the
Karlovy Vary Film Festival ,Czech Republic ; theToronto Film Festival ,Canada ; theChicago International Film Festival ,USA ; theBergen International Film Festival ,Norway ; the Stockholm International Film,Sweden ; and others.Awards
Wins
*Chicago International Film Festival :FIPRESCI Prize, Pablo Trapero; For the uncompromising and raw depiction of the journey of a man lost in a society without values; 2002.
* Guadalajara Mexican Film Festival: Mayahuel Award, Best Film - Ibero-American Jury, Pablo Trapero; 2003.
* Lima Latin American Film Festival: Best Screenplay, Pablo Trapero; 2003.
*Lleida Latin-American Film Festival : Best Film, Pablo Trapero; 2003.
*Argentine Film Critics Association Awards : Silver Condor; Best Editing, Nicolas Goldbart; Best New Actress, Mimí Ardú; 2003.Nominations
*Thessaloniki Film Festival : Golden Alexander, Pablo Trapero; 2002.
* Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor, Best Art Direction, Sebastián Roses; Best Cinematography, Guillermo Nieto; Best Director, Pablo Trapero; Best Film; Best New Actor, Jorge Román; Best Original Screenplay, Pablo Trapero; Best Sound, Catriel Vildosola; Best Supporting Actress, Mimí Ardú; 2003.
*Cartagena Film Festival : Golden India Catalina, Best Film, Pablo Trapero; 2004.References
External links
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* [http://www.cinenacional.com/peliculas/index.php?pelicula=2939 "El bonaerense"] at thecinenacional.com sp icon.
* [http://www.cineismo.com/criticas/bonaerense-el.htm "El bonaerense"] review at "Cineismo" by Guillermo Ravaschino sp icon.
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