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''Buenos Aires 100 km'' is a 2004 Argentine, French, and Spanish, film, written and directed by Pablo José Meza. The picture features Juan Ignacio Perez Roca, Emiliano Fernández, Alan Ardel, Hernan Wainstein, Juan Pablo Bazzini, among others. The film, partly funded by
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, tells a coming-of-age story in a town 100 kilometers from
Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...
.


Plot

A group of five friends around thirteen years old begin to understand that life is not simply about riding bicycles, playing soccer games, or, if they can, enjoying the summer. Guido (Alan Ardel) works under his father's orders and is sometimes rewarded with a beating. Damián (Juan Pablo Bazzini) is an adopted child and, as such, suffers from an identity crisis that typically marks the teenage years. Matías (Hernan Wainstein) is left outside his own house every night by his hateful parents. Alejo (Emiliano Fernández) discovers that his mother has a lover and that women have desires and men have their failures. Esteban (Juan Ignacio Perez Roca) is the goal-keeper of the football team and, as such, has the central role among his friends. Esteban draws his generosity from his family. With their
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s kicking in due to reaching
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, the boys become curious about women and begin to have sexual desires, yet they still have to deal with their parents and families. They begin to spend time outside a women's hairdressing salon. The five boys yearn to grow older faster and dream about a place outside of their small town.


Cast

* Juan Ignacio Perez Roca as Esteban * Emiliano Fernández as Alejo * Alan Ardel as Guido * Hernan Wainstein as Matías * Juan Pablo Bazzini as Damián * Sandra Ballesteros as Raquel * Rolly Serrano as Oscar * Daniel Valenzuela as Horacio * Adriana Aizemberg as Doña Anita


Distribution

The film was first presented at the
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in
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on December 8, 2004. It opened wide in Argentina on February 10, 2005. The picture was screened at various film festivals, including: the Toulouse Latin America Film Festival, France; the
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,
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; the
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, Spain; the Huelva Latin American Film Festival, Spain; the
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,
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; and others.


Critical reception

Deborah Young, film critic for ''
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'' magazine and reporting from the
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, gave the film a mixed review and wrote, "There's a feeling of autobiography in Pablo Jose Meza's first feature, ''Buenos Aires 100 km.''...Without the sardonic edge of similar tales like the Uruguayan ''
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'', pic also lacks the charm of a magic tale about growing up. What's on the screen is a notch franker than most TV fare, but not structured enough to win much play outside festivals...Aside from a few well-observed scenes and moments, there are a lot of warmed-over ideas and little compelling cinema." ''Sneersnipe Film Review'', in a column reported from the
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in Spain wrote, "Unpretentious and refreshingly touching, Pablo José Meza's film, ''Buenos Aires 100 KM'', tells the ordinary story of a group of 5 Argentine teenagers as they approach and apprehend the adult world and its brutal vanities for the first time."


Awards

Wins * Huelva Latin American Film Festival, Spain: Best New Director, Pablo José Meza; Silver Colon, Best Screenplay, Pablo José Meza; Special Jury Award, Pablo José Meza; 2004. * Lleida Latin-American Film Festival: Best Film, Best Original Screenplay; Pablo José Meza; 2005. Nominations *
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: Golden Star, Pablo José Meza; 2004. *
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,
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: Golden India Catalina; Best Film, Pablo José Meza; 2005. *
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: Golden Kikito Latin Film Competition; Best Film, Pablo José Meza; 2005. *
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: Silver Condor; Best First Film, Pablo José Meza; 2006.


References


External links

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''Buenos Aires 100 km''
at the
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film review at ''
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