22nd Mar del Plata Film Festival Awards - 2007 The 22nd Mar del Plata Film Festival Award was held between Mar-8-18, 2007. The 22nd Mar del Plata Film Festival Award winners were announced on Mar. 18, 2007. Directed by Cesc Gay, Fiction tells the story of a film director who, while resting at a friends home in a small mountain village, meets a violin player with whom he develops a delusional relationship. Gay and Tomás Aragay penned the screenplay. In the cast: Eduard Fernández, Javier Cámara, Montse Germán, Carmen Pla, Ágata Roca Official Competition Golden Astor for Best feature FICCIÓ (Spain, directed by Cesc Gay) Special Mention Jardins En Automne (France-Italy-Russia, directed by Otar Iosseliani) Silver Astor for Best Director (tie) Marina Spada (Come l´ombra, Italy) Hong Sang-soo (Woman on the Beach, South Korea) Silver Astor for Best Actress Sandra HÜLLER (Madonnas, Germany-Switzerland-Belgium, directed by María Speth) Silver Astor for Best Actor Carlos Resta (La Peli,...
- 5/12/2017
- by altfilmguide
- Alt Film Guide
Director: Armando Bo Starring: John McInerny, Griselda Siciliani, Margarita Lopez, Rocío Rodríguez Presedo, Corina Romero I went into The Last Elvis knowing that is was about an Argentinean Elvis impersonator, which somehow led me to expect an offbeat musical. Of course, if I knew that Biutiful scribe Armando Bo directed The Last Elvis, I would have been much more prepared for the film's depressing and hopeless air. In fact, the two films are somewhat similar to each other, as they both follow single, working class fathers who are struggling to make enough money to support their families. In both films, the men must focus on their dehumanizing day jobs as well as the jobs that they are destined to do, rather than parenting. Both men also exist in states of constant conflict with their ex-wives. Despite the obvious love that they have for their children, they are severely flawed parents...
- 6/23/2012
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
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