It’s a hot and muggy Christmas Eve in Buenos Aires, and everyone is hectically preparing for the holidays. In a series of wry coincidences, an overworked stand-up comic, a successful writer, a young father and a handsome doctor cross paths as they try to make it through a night of most peculiar circumstances. In his feature film debut, Bender carefully balances a fast-paced story with sensitive character portraits, revealing a style and sensibility that evoke Robert Altman’s genius for interweaving plot lines and characters and Jim Jarmusch’s depiction of surviving alienation and disillusionment. An instant critical and commercial hit, Felicidades was Argentina’s official selection for the 2000 Academy Awards’ foreign language category.

“Excellent. An original and magical film.” — Juan Carlos Fontana, La Prensa

Tuesday, July 26, 7:45pm

Saturday, August 27, 7:30pm
Tuesday, August 30, 7:30pm

The Cinema Tropical Film Series is sponsored by The New York Times and is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency
For more information visit www.cinematropical.com or call (212) 592-3428