Cinema
Crane World
Mundo grúa
Pablo Trapero · 1999
Synopsis
Rulo, a bass player in his fifties once known for the success of a seventies rock band, looks for work as a crane operator on construction sites in Buenos Aires, according to AlloCiné. He begins a relationship with Adriana, who runs a kiosk, and supports his mother and his son, who wants to start his own band. The programme of a Buenos Aires festival sees in him a man trying to survive in a world devoted to the cult of efficiency. Luis Margani plays the role.
Context
Released in Argentina on 17 June 1999, the film was financed in part by the national film institute and by the Dutch Hubert Bals fund, and co-produced by the director and the producer Lita Stantic. At the Buenos Aires independent film festival, it won the prizes for best film and best direction, and Luis Margani that for best actor. Shot in black and white, it was released in France on 2 May 2001, distributed by Les Films du Paradoxe.
Who it is for
A chronicle in Spanish of an hour and a half, about an ordinary man and the work that is lacking.
Prizes and reception
Awarded at Venice in 1999 and in the Argentine capital; ninth in the Museo del Cine poll of 2000.
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