The Film Critic

Apr 17, 2014

1h 30m

★ 6.5

What if your life became a movie that you hate?

Overview

Víctor Tellez is an intellectual, world-weary film critic who prefers to think in French and eschew the clichés of romantic movies...until he finds himself living a sappy, feel-good love story of his own.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

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Cast

Víctor Tellez

Rafael Spregelburd

Sofía

Dolores Fonzi

Pinni

Blanca Lewin

Leandro Arce

Ignacio Rogers

Ágatha

Telma Crisanti

Roxana

Ana Katz

Shuster

Daniel Kargieman

Gorodisch

Eduardo Iacono

Margulis

Marcelo Subiotto

Marta

Gabriela Ferrero

Jefe

Pino Siano

Nélida

Marta Paccamicci

Buenos Aires at the outskirts of XIX century. A society rigid in patriarchal rules. A war between brothers of Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay. Two young and very much in love youngsters, fight for their right to be together. Obeyance and fear sets them apart along more than ten years. When they are finally reunited, will they be able to overcome the pain and tragedy that haunts them?

6.1

Evita

Dec 14, 1996

The hit musical based on the life of Evita Duarte, an Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.

7.6

Arsenic and Old Lace

Sep 1, 1944

Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!

0.0

Recuerdos del corazón

Nov 25, 2024

On the anniversary of their mother's death, brothers Enzo and Franco find a box with many old photographs. As one of the brothers is blind, the other will tell him what is in the photographs.

6.7

La León

Jul 11, 2007

Deep in the lush river jungles of Argentina, Alvaro lives a solitary existence fishing and harvesting reeds. What sets him apart from the rest of his village is that he is gay. There are no other gay men in his world, his only means of expression is with the occasional outsider who passes through. Most of these men come via the river taxi El León, whose captain El Turu is a mean man with a homophobic streak and a secret. When illegal loggers appear in the jungle El Turu accuses Alvaro of aiding them, a dispute which leads both men towards confrontation.

5.8

Northeast

May 13, 2005

An accidental meeting between a French woman who goes to South America to adopt a baby and an Argentinian woman who with her small son leaves their hopeless village in search for a better life changes both of their lives forever.

7.4

The Motorcycle Diaries

Feb 6, 2004

Based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recounts adventures he and best friend Alberto Granado had while crossing South America by motorcycle in the early 1950s.

0.0

The Foreigner

Nov 5, 2009

María is a taciturn and reserved Argentinian woman who lives in Barcelona. The death of her grandfather, the last survivor of the family, forces her to return to Indio Muerto, a lost corner of Argentina. After an interminable trip, she arrives at the inhabited field only by the persistent wind and clouds of dust that increase the solitude of the place. Unexpectedly, she decides to stay.

7.5

Gilda

Apr 25, 1946

A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.

6.0

The Red Star

Jul 29, 2021

The investigation about an alleged international spy after the Nazi refugees in Argentina gives way to a plot that expands, becomes delirious and branches off. A mockumentary that has, at its center, an elusive woman whose trail can be traced in the most emphatic convulsions of the 20th century.

5.8

The Critic

Sep 13, 2024

Jimmy Erskine is the most feared theatre critic of the age. He lives as flamboyantly as he writes and takes pleasure in savagely taking down any actor who fails to meet his standards. When the owner of the Daily Chronicle dies, and his son takes over, Jimmy quickly finds himself at odds with his new boss and his position under threat. In an attempt to preserve the power and influence he holds so sacred, Jimmy strikes a Faustian pact with a struggling actress, entangling them and the boss in a thrilling but deadly web of desire, blackmail, and betrayal.

5.6

Plastic Guns

Jun 26, 2024

During a trip to Denmark, a man is arrested and accused of murdering his wife and three children. Though maintaining his innocence, he remains jailed as police investigate.

7.0

The Aura

Sep 15, 2005

A quiet, epileptic taxidermist plans the perfect crime. All he needs is the right opportunity. An accident, perhaps…

0.0

Crystal Eyes

Jun 23, 2024

Bela, a woman with the desire to get married, seeks to sell the criature that she has been taking care of for years as a son in order to get money for her wedding; whatever the cost.

10.0

Memories

Oct 31, 2023

Remembering his old memories, he will leave a photograph in every place where he was happy.

7.4

The Mission

Sep 6, 1986

When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and joins his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to defend all they have built against the Portuguese aggressors.

6.3

Elegy

Aug 8, 2008

Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life -- which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood" -- thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher.

7.5

Play It Again, Sam

May 4, 1972

A neurotic film critic obsessed with the movie Casablanca attempts to get over his wife leaving him by dating again with the help of a married couple and his illusory idol, Humphrey Bogart.

5.8

The Window

Mar 12, 2009

It is a significant day for 80 year old Antonio. After an absence of many years, his estranged son is coming to visit. All must be perfect. There will be a toast with a very special champagne an embrace; warm words that may finally bridge the gap between them-- But before, Antonio must wait. Bedridden, he looks out his window at the Patagonian landscape and sees light and life, the past and the pr