THE BIRTHDAY
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DIRECTOR Gustavo Postiglione SCREENPLAY Gustavo Postiglione CINEMATOGRAPHY Fernando Zago PRODUCER Roxana Bordione, Fernanda Taleb EDITOR Lucio Garc�a ART DIRECTION Oscar Vega MUSIC Iv�n Tarabelli, Fito P�ez (Theme) CAST B�rbara Peters, Ra�l Calandra, Tito G�mez. 2002, Black an White /Color, 80 min.Spanish with english subtitles.


During a big bash for Ra�l Calandra, two friends compete in naming jazz greats and red wines, then debate scatology; his exwife,persuaded to stay after dropping off their son, falls back into the same arguments; another friend and his wife battle over work pressures inhibiting lovemaking, then he gives a disquisition on bathroom tile colors; a buddy back in town recounts his own tortured relationship and Calandra's 18-year-old records it all for her documentary. Argentine "night of truth" in the Danish Dogma style.


Durante la gran fiesta del cumplea�os de Ra�l Calandra, dos amigos compiten nombrando a grandes del jazz y vinos tintos, luego discuten sobre escatolog�a; su ex esposa, a quien convence de quedarse despu�s de dejar a su hijo, cae en las mismas disquisiciones; otro amigo y su esposa batallan con las presiones el trabajo que los inhiben para hacer el amor y luego �l discurre sobre los colores de los azulejos de los ba�os; un amigo que est� de vuelta en la ciudad se explaya sobre su propia relaci�n torturada. Y la estudiante de 18 a�os de Calandra filma todo para su documental. "Noche de la verdad" Argentina en el estilo del movimiento Dogme dan�s..

 


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