''Fine Powder'' ( es, Picado fino) is a 1996

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, written and directed by

Esteban Sapir Esteban Sapir (born June 6, 1967, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine cinematographer, film director, and screenplay writer. In the 1990s he began directing commercials and music videos. He is of Jewish descent but is not practicing. Filmography ...

. The picture features Facundo Luengo, Belén Blanco, Marcela Guerty, among others..

Plot

The film tells of Thomas (Facundo Luengo) a Jewish grown man who lives with his grandmother in the industrial section of a large Argentine city. His life isn't going exactly as planned. Though he has impregnated his girlfriend Ana, he finds himself avoiding her because he has fallen in love with Alma, so he ignores Ana. When he needs to make some money, he hooks up with a drug dealer, and this makes matters worse.

Distribution

The film was first presented at the

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in December 1996. It opened in Argentina on April 23, 1998.

Cast

* Facundo Luengo as Tomás Caminos * Belén Blanco as Ana * Marcela Guerty as Alma *

Miguel Ángel Solá Miguel Ángel Solá Vehil (born May 14, 1950) is an Argentine actor who has made over 60 film appearances in film and TV in Argentina since 1973. Biography Born in Buenos Aires, Solá belongs to the Vehil's dynasty of actors, eight generations ...

as Profesor de violín * Juan Leyrado as Selector de personal *

Ana María Giunta Ana María Giunta (1 March 1943 – 14 March 2015) was an Argentine actress best known for her roles in '' A King and His Movie'' (1986), '' The Supporter'' (1991), and in ''Eversmile, New Jersey'' (1989). Giunta was born in Concepción del ...

as Selectora de personal * Ricardo Merkin as Dealer * Sandro Nunziatta as Padre * Nora Zinski as Madre * Laura Martín as Hermana * Fanny Robman as Abuela * Hernán Pérez as Novio * Alicia Mariola as Maestra * Alejandro Sisco as Policía * Miguel Kukoski as Diariero * Eulalio Segovia as Mozo

Awards

Wins *

FIPRESCI The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI, short for Fédération Internationale de la PRESse CInématographique) is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world fo ...

Prize - Special Mention, Esteban Sapir; 1996. Nominations * Molodist International Film Festival,

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: Best Film Award; Best Full-Length Fiction Film, Esteban Sapir; 1997. *

Argentine Film Critics Association Awards The Argentine Film Critics Association ( es, Asociación de Cronistas Cinematográficos de la Argentina) is an organization of Argentine-based journalists and correspondents. The association presents the ''Silver Condor Awards'' (''Premios Cóndor ...

: Silver Condor; Best Editing, Marcelo Dujo and Miguel Martin; Best First Film, Esteban Sapir; 1999.

References

External links

*
''Fine Powder''
at the

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