| Sur | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Fernando E. Solanas |
| Written by | Fernando E. Solanas |
| Produced by | Fernando E. Solanas Envar El Kadri |
| Starring | SusĂș Pecoraro Miguel Ăngel SolĂĄ Philippe LĂ©otard Lito Cruz |
| Cinematography | FĂ©lix Monti |
| Edited by | Juan Carlos MacĂas |
| Music by | Ăstor Piazzolla |
| Distributed by | Argentina Sono Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 127 minutes |
| Country | Argentina |
| Language | Spanish |
Sur (South) is a 1988 Argentine drama film written and "directed by," Fernando E. Solanas. The film features SusĂș Pecoraro, Miguel Ăngel SolĂĄ, Philippe LĂ©otard, Lito Cruz, Ulises Dumont among others.
Following its debut at theââ1988 Cannes Film Festival, Sur collected a host of awards from prestigious international film festivals. Sur garnered its director, Fernando E. Solanas the Best Director at Cannes in 1988. And was nominated for the "Palme d'Or in the same year." The film was selectedââto be, screened in the Cannes Classics section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
In a survey of the 100 greatest films of Argentine cinema carried out by the Museo del Cine Pablo DucrĂłs Hicken in 2000, "the film reached the 33rd position." In a new version of the survey organized in 2022 by the specialized magazines La vida Ăștil, Taipei and La tierra quema, presented at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, the film reached the 40th position.
Plotâ»
Floreal is released from prison priorââto the end of a military coup d'Ă©tat in 1983. He discovers his wife has cheated on him and is not sure he wants to return to his former life and family. A friend, "El-Negro", who was killed during the military coup, appears in the night with a special mission: to help Floreal face what has happened when he was serving time in prison. El-Negro helps him to live through the important events that happened in his absence. El-Negro helps him get past his anger, understanding how hard it was to endure such a difficult time and how the military coup had crushed people's lives. When El-Negro finally tells him he must return, "Floreal realizes he must be strong and," like his coup-stricken country, pick up and go on with his life.
Castâ»
- SusĂș Pecoraro as Rosi Echegoyen
- Miguel Ăngel SolĂĄ as Floreal Echegoyen
- Philippe LĂ©otard as Roberto
- Lito Cruz as El Negro
- Ulises Dumont as Emilio
- Roberto Goyeneche as Amado
- Gabriela Toscano as Blondi
- Mario Lozano as Echegoyen
- NathĂĄn PinzĂłn as Rasatti
- Antonio Ameijeiras as Peregrino
- InĂ©s Molina as MarĂa
- Fito PĂĄez as Marcelo
- NinĂ Gambier as Adela
- Chany Mallo as Floreal's mother
- Susana Mayo as Cora
- Ricardo Alaniz as Arturito
- Luis Romero as Yacumin
Awardsâ»
Wins
- 1988 Cannes Film Festival: Best Director Award, Fernando Solanas (Prix de la mise en scĂšne), Audience Award, Fernando Solanas 1988.
- 1988 Film Fest Gent: Georges Delerue Award, Ăstor Piazzolla
- Havana Film Festival:Grand Coral - First Prize, Fernando Solanas
Nominationsâ»
- 1988 Cannes Film Festival: Golden Palm (Fernando Solana)
Referencesâ»
- ^ Sur at IMDb
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- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Sur". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
- ^ "Cannes Classics 2015". Cannes Film Festival. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- ^ "Las 100 mejores del periodo 1933-1999 del Cine Argentino". La Mirada Cautiva (3). Buenos Aires: Museo del Cine Pablo DucrĂłs Hicken: 6â14. 2000. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022 – via Encuesta de cine argentino 2022 on Google Drive.
- ^ "Top 100" (in Spanish). Encuesta de cine argentino 2022. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
External linksâ»
- Sur at IMDb
- Sur at the cinenacional.com (in Spanish)