''Gatica, el mono'' is a 1993 Argentine
drama film directed by
Leonardo Favio
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. It is a
biopic
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of
Argentine
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José María Gatica
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.
It won the
Silver Condor
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for Best Film. The film was selected as the Argentine entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
66th Academy Awards
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, but Leonardo Favio asked the Instituto Nacional de Cinematografía (INC) to remove it as a nominee in order to protest in delays of the Congress' approval of the Foreign Films taxes.
In a survey of the
100 greatest films of Argentine cinema carried out by the
Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken
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History
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in 2000, the film reached the 24th position. In a new version of the survey organized in 2022 by the specialized magazines ''La vida útil'', ''Taipei'' and ''La tierra quema'', presented at the
Mar del Plata International Film Festival
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, the film reached the 20th position.
Cast
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Edgardo Nieva as Gatica
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Horacio Taicher as El Ruso
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Juan Costa as Jesús Gatica
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María Eva Gatica as Madre
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Erasmo Olivera as Gatica (teen)
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Kika Child as Ema
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Virginia Innocenti as Nora
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Adolfo Yanelli as El Rosarino
See also
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List of submissions to the 66th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
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References
External links
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1993 films
1993 drama films
Argentine drama films
1990s Spanish-language films
Films directed by Leonardo Favio
1990s Argentine films
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