El camino de San Diego
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El camino de San Diego | |
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Directed by | Carlos Sorín |
Written by | Carlos Sorín |
Produced by | Oscar Kramer Hugo Sigman Carlos Sorín |
Starring | Ignacio Benítez Carlos Wagner |
Cinematography | Hugo Colace |
Edited by | Mohamed Rajid |
Music by | Nicolás Sorín |
Production companies |
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Distributed by | 20th Century Fox[1] |
Release date |
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Running time | 98 minutes[1] |
Country | Argentina[1] |
Language | Spanish |
El camino de San Diego (The Road of San Diego) is a 2006 Argentine comedy film, written and directed by Carlos Sorín. The film features Ignacio Benítez, Carlos Wagner, among others.
The picture tells the story of an Argentine obsessed with football superstar Diego Maradona.
Plot
Tati Benítez (Ignacio Benítez), is a young man who lives in the Misiones Province, and an Argentine lumberjack who's been laid off at work, now making a living by collecting wood for an artisan named Silva (Miguel Gonzales Colman). Benítez is married to his pregnant wife (Paola Rotela).
Typical of Argentines, Tati is a
One day Tati hears from friends that Maradona is suffering from heart problems, so he decides to go on a quest.
His mission is to deliver an unusual piece of wood to Maradona at the Swiss-Argentine Hospital in Buenos Aires where he is recuperating. The piece of wood resembles Maradona.
Tati travels by foot, by
On his way he runs into many adventures.
Cast
- Ignacio Benítez as Tati Benítez
- Carlos Wagner La Bella as Waguinho
- Paola Rotela as Tati's wife
- Silvina Fontelles as Ms. Matilde
- Miguel González Colman as Silva, the artisan
- José Armónico as Gauna
- Toti Rivas as El Tolo
- Marisa Córdoba as El Tolo's wife
- Otto Mosdien as Pastor Otto
- Claudio Uassouf as a priest
- Lila Cáceres as a young mother
- Pascual Condito as Pascual
- Juan Villegas as Photo Shop Owner
- Walter Donado as an ambulance driver
- Aníbal Maldonado as a contrabandist
- Jose Wisniewsky as El Polaco
Background
Casting
Carlos Sorín, in neo-realist fashion, used non-professional actors when he shot the film.
Filming locations
The picture was filmed in Misiones, Argentina.
Distribution
The film opened in Argentina on September 14, 2006.
The picture was presented at the
The movie has been screened at a few film festivals, including: the Spanish and Latin American Film Festival, Ireland; and others.
Critical reception
Álvaro Sanjurjo Toucon, in a scholarly analysis of the film and Carlos Sorín's other works for
Deborah Young, writing for Variety magazine, liked the film and wrote, "Carlos Sorín's delightfully offbeat Road to San Diego, about a young backwoodsman with a Diego Maradona fetish, is another audience-friendly addition to the director's repertoire."[3]
Awards
Wins
- San Sebastián International Film Festival: Special Prize of the Jury; Carlos Sorin; 2006.
- Havana Film Festival: Grand Coral - Second Prize, Carlos Sorin; 2006.
Nominations
- San Sebastián International Film Festival: Golden Seashell; Carlos Sorin; 2006.
References
- ^ a b c "El camino de San Diego on the Comisión Asesora de Exhibiciones Cinematográficas website".
- FIPRESCI, film analysis, "A Chronicle of Men and Heroes", 2006.
- ^ Young, Deborah. Variety, film review, 2006.
External links
- Official website (archived, 4 Oct 2006)
- El camino de San Diego at IMDb
- El camino de San Diego at AllMovie
- El camino de San Diego Archived 2010-01-31 at the Wayback Machine at the cinenacional.com (in Spanish)
- El camino de San Diego film review at La Naciónby Adolfo C. Martínez (in Spanish)
- El camino de San Diego film trailer at YouTube