Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes

Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Israel Adrián Caetano
Bruno Stagnaro
Produced by Bruno Stagnaro
Written by Israel Adrián Caetano
Bruno Stagnaro
Starring Héctor Anglada
Jorge Sesán
Pamela Jordán
Music by Leo Sujatovich
Cinematography Marcelo Lavintman
Edited by Andrés Tambornino
Distributed by Palo y a la Bolsa Cine
Release dates
  • January 15, 1998 (1998-01-15) (Argentina)
Running time
 92 minutes
Country Argentina
Language Spanish

Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes (Spanish: Pizza, birra, faso), is a 1998 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.[1]

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."[2]

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.[3][4]

In the United States it was not released as a feature film, but rather it was released in DVD format on December 27, 2005.

Accolades

Wins

Nominations

References

  1. ↑ Pizza, birra, faso at the Internet Movie Database.
  2. ↑ Shpuntoff, Richard. MovieMaker Magazine, "Don’t Cry for Argentina," Issue #54, Spring 2004.
  3. ↑ Gutierrez, Maria Alejandra. Goliath, "Bountiful rebound of Argentine cinema," May 1, 2004.
  4. ↑ IMDb, awards section, ibid.
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