comedy-drama
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written and directed by
Damián Szifrón
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and starring
Daniel Hendler
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,
Dolores Fonzi
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and
Gustavo Garzón
Gustavo Garzón (born May 25, 1955, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentina, Argentine film and television actor.
He works in the cinema of Argentina.Diana Frey and Guillermo Otero.
The story deals with jealousy and the maturity required for a person to overcome it.
Synopsis
A slightly neurotic architecture student, Ezequiel Toledo (
Daniel Hendler
Daniel Hendler (born 3 January 1976) is a Uruguayan film, television, and theatre actor who works mainly in his household with Maia Hendler, where he lives. He is known for his starring roles in films such as '' Bottom of the Sea'', ''Family Law ...
), drops by his girlfriend Ana's (
Dolores Fonzi
Dolores María Fonzi (born 19 July 1978) is an Argentine television, theatre and film actress. Several of her films have received critical acclaim such as '' Burnt Money'' (2000), '' Waiting for the Messiah'' (2000), '' Bottom of the Sea'' (2003 ...
) apartment and finds a man named Aníbal (
Gustavo Garzón
Gustavo Garzón (born May 25, 1955, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentina, Argentine film and television actor.
He works in the cinema of Argentina.Daniel Hendler
Daniel Hendler (born 3 January 1976) is a Uruguayan film, television, and theatre actor who works mainly in his household with Maia Hendler, where he lives. He is known for his starring roles in films such as '' Bottom of the Sea'', ''Family Law ...
as Ezequiel Toledo
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Dolores Fonzi
Dolores María Fonzi (born 19 July 1978) is an Argentine television, theatre and film actress. Several of her films have received critical acclaim such as '' Burnt Money'' (2000), '' Waiting for the Messiah'' (2000), '' Bottom of the Sea'' (2003 ...
as Ana
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Gustavo Garzón
Gustavo Garzón (born May 25, 1955, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentina, Argentine film and television actor.
He works in the cinema of Argentina.Diego Peretti
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Peretti was born in Buenos Aires, and practiced as a psychiatrist for fourteen years. He took part in several movies and TV series, including the ...
Daniel Valenzuela
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Three of his most recent roles were in critically acclaimed films: '' ...
Mar del Plata Film Festival
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at the March 11, 2003. It opened wide in Argentina on August 28, 2003.
The film has been screened at some film festivals, including: the Toulouse Latin America Film Festival,
France
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; the Latin America Film Festival,
Poland
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; the
Lleida Latin-American Film Festival
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,
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Mar del Plata Film Festival
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for
FIPRESCI
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liked the film, and wrote, "''El fondo del mar'' is clearly directed to the box office crowds when made through the use of mixed genres, but it does not fall into any false intents; closer to the aesthetics of Fabian Bielinsky's ''
Nine Queens
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'', ''El fondo del mar'' shows that a cinema made with pleasure and formal rigor is still possible."
Neil Young thought the film was an "unassuming but very likeable little comedy with dramatic touches...writer-director makes a very old set-up seem fresh, funny and surprising." Yet, Young thought director Damián Szifrón lost his way at the end.Young, Neil ''Neil Young's Film Lounge,'' reporting from the Donostia-San Sebastián International Film Festival, September 25, 2003.
Awards
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: Clarin Award Best Film Actor, Gustavo Garzón; Best Film Director, Damián Szifron; Best Film; Best Film Screenplay, Damián Szifron; 2003.
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Mar del Plata Film Festival
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: Audience Award, Damián Szifron; Best Ibero-American Film, Damián Szifron;
FIPRESCI
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Argentine Film Critics Association Awards
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: Silver Condor; Best Supporting Actor, Gustavo Garzón; 2004.
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Lleida Latin-American Film Festival
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: Best Actor, Daniel Hendler; Best First Work, Damián Szifron; 2004.
Nominations
* Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor, Best Actor, Daniel Hendler; Best Art Direction, Mariela Rípodas and Lucia Onofri; Best Cinematography, Lucio Bonelli; Best Director, Damián Szifron; Best Film; Best First Film, Damián Szifron; Best Original Screenplay, Damián Szifron; Best Sound, Jesica Suarez, Marcos De Aguirre and Fernando Soldevila; Best Supporting Actress, Dolores Fonzi; 2004.
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