Felicidades

Starring:Luis MachÃn, GastÃ³n Pauls, Silke, Pablo CedrÃ³n, Carlos Belloso, Marcelo Mazzarello, Alfredo Casero, Cacho CastaÃ±a, FabiÃ¡n Arenillas, Eduardo Ayala, Federico Cammarota, Fatty Iastrebner, Mariana Arias, Henry Meziat, Mariano Fraomeni, Mariana Otero, Catalina Speroni, AnahÃ Martella, Jorge RomÃ¡n, Luciano Cazaux
Director: Lucho Bender
Studio: Vanguard Cinema
Product Type: DVD

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Starring: Luis Machín , Gastón Pauls , Silke , Pablo Cedrón , and Carlos Belloso
Director: Lucho Bender
Manufacturer: Vanguard Cinema
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Bolivia
A Shadow You Soon Will Be
25 Watts
Nine Queens
El Dia Que Me Amen

ASIN: B000065B0O
Release Date: 2002-07-30

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I have not received.......2006-08-02

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Brilliant.......2005-06-27

Fantastic movie. Hilarious and original. We follow the actions of several different characters throughout the night as they confront trying but funny circumstances... Very creative... probably those living in rural Kentucky or Ontario will miss the point. Just ignore them.

Save your money.......2004-08-10

There are many truly great Argentine movies but this is not one of them. It is a depressing slice of life film set in Buenos Aires on Christmas Eve. There is no story below the interesting characters, fine cinematography and, often, great performances. The characters go through life unchanged by there experiences. You will wait but there will be no grand revelations. It is a one hour and 40 minute chore. It's too bad -- there was a lot of potential here

A Bizarre But Touching Christmas Eve In Argentina.......2004-03-20

FELICIDADES (an Argentinean greeting that is used for Merry Christmas,etc) is a rare little film that sweeps us into a new kind of holiday madness and carries many messages of universal depth. Christmas Eve in Rosario and Buenos Aires finds a melange of odd yet lovable characters in that last minute whirlwind of anxiety that accompanies Christmas preparations. During the titles that open this film we see a kitchen filled with far too many chefs as though to let us know that too many cooks spoil the broth. That kitchen is forever gone once the film opens but the 'broth' remains. And oddly enough the opening is a Bat Mitzvah in Rosario where a loony standup comedian sets the mood for a farce. In the audience is a young man in love, who must get to Buenos Aires to be with his beloved. The beginning of the madness pairs the comedian with the lover in a hilarious car trip to Buenos Aires that signals just a few of the random happenstances that weave throughout the story. Out of gas in the middle of nowhere, the lover takes off on foot in search of gas and ....Meanwhile, a physician delivers an infant boy (heads up!) and leaves the hospital to stroll in the heat of the night, eyeing a beautiful women with whom he plans a tryst, only to be waylaid by encountering a wheelchair bound man of the street who manages to have our physician carry him up flights of stairs to his shoddy apartment. This chance encounter engenders some of the most tender moments of the film as rich doctor and poor paraplegic merge into a sensitive bonding. Meanwhile, on the street as a last minute shopper for a specific toy for his son, is a dentist who befriends an elderly ailing man and the two are entrapped by police to serve as witnesses for a warrant-less search of a 'criminal's' apartment. Once in the apartment the law gives way to the division of the spoils of the of the contents until our dentist is able to extricate his elderly companion to a hospital. After the good doctor leaves his paraplegic friend he finds his way back to his tryst, only to accidentally lead to the demise of the woman's tiny dog and in trying to hide this fact he sees the lover (from the Bat Mitzvah in Rosario) knocking unsuccessfully at her door.

Sound jumbled and intricate and bizarre and Felliniesque? Well, it is, and this is where Director Lucho Bender gives notice that he is a talent to watch. He is blessed with a cast of superb actors - Gaston Pauls (Nine Queens), Silke, Luis Machin, Carlos Belloso, Pablo Cedron, Marcelo Mazzarello, among others. The photography is splendid, and the atmosphere is intoxicating. This is one of those special films that bode well for repeated watchings. In Spanish with English subtitles.

Stay away!.......2003-10-14

So when I bought this movie I thought I was making a good choice... oh how wrong I was... I found that this movie was very slow paced and was rather boring... now to fully understand the film, one must know something about argentine society because there are a lot a subtle critics about corruption etc... I was fully aware of these allusions as I've travelled and lived in Argentina, but it simply didn't help... this movie only had a few scences that were of any interest. I saw this movie for the first (and last) time with a group of about 10 friends, and at least 5 people fell asleep. There are so many wonderful Argentine films out there.... but this isn't one of them.

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A Bizarre But Touching Christmas Eve In Argentina
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Felicidades
Starring: Luis Machín , Gastón Pauls , Silke , Pablo Cedrón , and Carlos Belloso
Director: Lucho Bender
Manufacturer: Cinemateca
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Bolivia
A Shadow You Soon Will Be
25 Watts
Nine Queens
El Dia Que Me Amen

ASIN: B000AYEL9M
Release Date: 2005-10-25

Description

On a hot and muggy Christmas Eve in Buenos Aires, everyone is hectically preparing for the holidays. In a series of wry coincidences, an overworked stand-up comic, a successful writer, a young father and a handsome doctor cross paths as they try to make it through a night of most peculiar circumstances. In his feature film debut, Bender carefully balances a fast-paced story with sensitive character portraits, revealing a style and sensibility that evoke Robert Altman's genius for interweaving plot lines and characters and Jim Jarmusch's depiction of surviving alienation and disillusionment. Argentinean stars Gasto?n Pauls (Nine Queens) and Silke (Km. 0) head a talented ensemble cast, creating a Christmas classic with a Latin flair.

Customer Reviews:

I have not received.......2006-08-02

Hi, I have not received yet my DVD's,

are u sure u sent it?

Thanks,

Brilliant.......2005-06-27

Save your money.......2004-08-10

A Bizarre But Touching Christmas Eve In Argentina.......2004-03-20

Stay away!.......2003-10-14

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