Sur (film)
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Sur (1988
) is an Argentine
drama film
written and directed by Fernando E. Solanas. The film features Susú Pecoraro
, Miguel Ángel Solá
, Philippe Léotard
, Lito Cruz
, Ulises Dumont
among others.
Following its debut at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival
, Sur has collected a host of awards from prestigious international film festivals. Sur garnered its director, Fernando E. Solanas the Best Director
at Cannes in 1988 and was nominated for the Palme d'Or in the same year.
1988 in film
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) is an Argentine
Cinema of Argentina
The cinema of Argentina has a tradition dating back to the late nineteenth century, and continues to play a role in the culture of Argentina....
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
written and directed by Fernando E. Solanas. The film features Susú Pecoraro
Susú Pecoraro
Susú Pecoraro is Argentine film and television actress.-Career:Susana Raquel Pecoraro was born in Buenos Aires in 1952. She enrolled at the Dramatic Arts Conservatory in 1970 and graduated in 1975. She debuted in the theatre of Argentina in 1976, with a role in Yo, Argentino , and on television in...
, Miguel Ángel Solá
Miguel Ángel Solá
Miguel Ángel Solá is a prolific Argentine actor who has made over 60 film appearances in film and TV in Argentina since 1973....
, Philippe Léotard
Philippe Léotard
Philippe Léotard was a French actor, poet, and singer....
, Lito Cruz
Lito Cruz
Lito Cruz is a prominent Argentine stage director and motion picture actor.-Life and work:Lito was born Oscar Alberto Cruz in the working-class La Plata suburb of Berisso in 1941, and began performing in local theatres at the age of 15. Graduating from a La Plata secondary school, he continued to...
, Ulises Dumont
Ulises Dumont
Ulises Dumont was a prolific Argentine film actor, credited with over 80 appearances in film and countless others in theatre and television from 1964 until his death in 2008.-Life and work:...
among others.
Following its debut at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival
1988 Cannes Film Festival
- Jury :*Ettore Scola*Claude Berri*David Robinson*Yelena Safonova*George Miller*Hector Olivera*Nastassja Kinski*Philippe Sarde*Robby Muller*William Goldman-Feature film competition:* A World Apart by Chris Menges...
, Sur has collected a host of awards from prestigious international film festivals. Sur garnered its director, Fernando E. Solanas the Best Director
Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival)
The Best Director Award is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of movies at the festival. It was first awarded in 1946....
at Cannes in 1988 and was nominated for the Palme d'Or in the same year.
Plot
Floreal is released from the prison prior to the end of military coup d'état in 1983. He is estranged to his former life because of his last few years in prison and discovering that his wife cheated him he is not sure he wants to go back to his former life and family. Wandering through the night his former friend "El-Negro" appears in the dark. He is already killed during the military coup. But this night he has a special mission: to help Floreal to catch up and face with the past, what has happened when he was serving time in prison. El-Negro helps him to live through the important events happened in his absence. He confronts some people of importance to him as he wanders through the night while his wife is afraid he will never come back home. During the long night El-Negro helps him to get past with his anger, understanding how hard it was to stand such a controversial time and how military Coup crushed people's lives and even killing lots of them relentlessly. By the sunset, when El-Negro finally says he is ready now to go on with his life and he must be back now, Floreal discovers he must be strong and must continue his life where he left like his coup stricken country.Cast
- Susú PecoraroSusú PecoraroSusú Pecoraro is Argentine film and television actress.-Career:Susana Raquel Pecoraro was born in Buenos Aires in 1952. She enrolled at the Dramatic Arts Conservatory in 1970 and graduated in 1975. She debuted in the theatre of Argentina in 1976, with a role in Yo, Argentino , and on television in...
as Rosi Echegoyen - Miguel Ángel SoláMiguel Ángel SoláMiguel Ángel Solá is a prolific Argentine actor who has made over 60 film appearances in film and TV in Argentina since 1973....
as Floreal Echegoyen - Philippe LéotardPhilippe LéotardPhilippe Léotard was a French actor, poet, and singer....
as Roberto - Lito CruzLito CruzLito Cruz is a prominent Argentine stage director and motion picture actor.-Life and work:Lito was born Oscar Alberto Cruz in the working-class La Plata suburb of Berisso in 1941, and began performing in local theatres at the age of 15. Graduating from a La Plata secondary school, he continued to...
as El Negro - Ulises DumontUlises DumontUlises Dumont was a prolific Argentine film actor, credited with over 80 appearances in film and countless others in theatre and television from 1964 until his death in 2008.-Life and work:...
as Emilio - Roberto GoyenecheRoberto GoyenecheRoberto Goyeneche was an Argentine tango singer of Basque descent, who epitomized the archetype of 1950s Buenos Aires' bohemian life, and became a living legend in the local music scene.He was known as El Polaco due to his blond hair, and thinness, like the Polish immigrants of the time...
as Amado - Gabriela Toscano as Blondi
- Mario Lozano as Echegoyen
- Nathán Pinzón as Rasatti
- Antonio Ameijeiras as Peregrino
- Inés Molina as María
- Fito PáezFito PáezRodolfo "Fito" Páez Ávalos is an Argentine popular rock and roll pianist, lyricist, Spanish language singer and film director.-Early career:...
as Marcelo - Niní Gambier as Adela
- Chany Mallo as Floreal's mother
- Susana Mayo as Cora
- Ricardo Alaniz as Arturito
- Luis Romero as Yacumin
Awards
Wins- 1988 Cannes Film Festival1988 Cannes Film Festival- Jury :*Ettore Scola*Claude Berri*David Robinson*Yelena Safonova*George Miller*Hector Olivera*Nastassja Kinski*Philippe Sarde*Robby Muller*William Goldman-Feature film competition:* A World Apart by Chris Menges...
:Best Director Award, Fernando Solanas (Prix de la mise en scène), Audience Award, Fernando Solanas 1988. - Flanders International Film Festival:Georges Delerue Prize,Ástor Piazzolla
- Havana Film Festival:Grand Coral - First Prize,Fernando Solanas
External links
- Sur at the cinenacional.comCinenacional.comCinenacional.com is a web portal and web-based database about Argentine cinema.The site provides a vast array of information, including: films, television programs, directors, actors, cinematographers, film editors, production designers, and other production professions in Argentina...