''Rapado'' is an

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and

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1992

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

, written and directed by

Martín Rejtman Martín Rejtman (born January 3, 1961, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine writer and film director. He is considered to be a key figure in the New Argentine Cinema, making films such as ''Silvia Prieto'' and ''The Magic Gloves''. His documentary '' ...

, in his first feature film. It is considered by critics as the film who started the New Argentine Cinema, or NCA (Nuevo Cine Argentino), an aesthetic movement representing a fundamental break with the Argentine cinema of the late 1980s and early 1990s, by introducing new narrative elements and a strong realistic style.

Synopsis

A teenager's motorcycle, money and sneakers are stolen. He then tries to steal another motorcycle to replace the one gone, but fails. In the course of a few days, his obsession with finding a suitable motorcycle to steal leads to a series of interconnected events between several people with apparently nothing in common.

Cast

* Ezequiel Cavia *

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Mirta Busnelli Mirta Busnelli (born January 13, 1946) is an Argentine actress. Awards Nominations * 2013 Martín Fierro Awards ** Best secondary actress (for ''Los vecinos en guerra ''Los Vecinos en Guerra'' ( es, Neighbors at War) also stylized as ''Vec ...

* Horacio Peña * Lucas Marty * Cecilia Biagini * José Glusman * Pichón Baldinú *

Verónica Llinás Verónica Llinás (born September 23, 1960) is an Argentine film, television and theatre actress. She is the daughter of the writer Julio Llinás and the painter Martha Peluffo and sister of Sebastián Llinás and the film director Mariano Lliná ...

Background

The director/producer

used a minimalist style in making this film. He said, "When I made ''Rapado'', I felt that Argentinean cinema had too much dialogue, and bad dialogue at that. I hate adornments, I hate artifice, I hate anything that's unnecessary, because there really is nothing beyond the screen."

Exhibition

The film was first presented at the

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Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

in August 1992. It was released wide in Argentina on 1 August 1996.

Critical reception

Pablo Suárez, a film critic for the ''

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'' and a member of

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Argentina said, " 'Rapado'', hisfirst feature demonstrated that another type of cinema was possible in Argentina, one capable of pushing boundaries. ''Rapado'' was an absolute oasis in a land plagued by films with agonizing narratives, with neither depth nor genuine inspiration, and yet still subsidized by a State National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts (INCAA); also referred to as the Argentine National Film Board - an autharquic agency which is part of the Argentine Government and is dedicated to financing film projects">Autarky">autharquic agency which is part of the Argentine Government and is dedicated to financing film projectsin favor of the ''status quo''."Suárez, Pablo. Ibid.

Awards

Wins *

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: Silver Condor; Best First Film, Martín Rejtman; 1997. Nominations *

: Golden Leopard; Martín Rejtman; 1992.

References

External links

*
''Rapado''
at the

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