Rosarigasinos
Argentina, 2001. 90 minutes. Directed by Rodrigo Grande
This
multi-award winning film, reminiscent of a tango, talks about friendship,
love, betrayal and revenge. After botching up a robbery, Alberto (Federico
Luppi) and Castor (Ulises Dumont) are thrown in the prison of Rosario.
During their thirty-years sentence, Alberto stops singing tango and Castor
has not played the magical tango instrument "bandoneon." Living
without booze, friends, or women, their only consolation is to think about
the money they hid in the Paraná River. Under menacing skies, they
are released to a city they no longer recognize, forcing them to go back
to their old ways. Will revenge get in the way of friendship and land
them back in jail?
Silver Condor Award at the Argentinian Film Critics
Association Awards 2002
Silver Colon and Special Jury Award at the Huelva Latin American Film
Festival 2001
AMUCI Jury - Special Mention and Silver Ombú Awards at the Mar
de Plata Film Festival 2001