''Two Shots Fired'' ( es, Dos disparos) is a 2014 Argentine

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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 '' ...

. It was selected to be screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the

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Plot

After a night spent clubbing, young man Mariano finds a gun in the toolshed and shoots himself once in the head and once in the stomach, surviving with minor injuries. At the same time, the family dog disappears. Mariano's mother Susana is concerned for his welfare and presses his brother Ezequiel to look after him. Mariano moves in with his brother, then discovers that when he plays the

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the bullet inside him causes harmonic sounds, causing his

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quartet to fall apart. Ezequiel starts a casual romance with Ana, who has been breaking up with her boyfriend for two years. Susana takes sleeping pills and does not wake up for 72 hours, so her psychologist advises a holiday. She goes to the beach with Mariano's music teacher and another woman, Liliana, who then invites her husband and his new partner along as well. Returning from the beach, Susana sees a dog which thinks might be the family's dog.

Cast

* Susana Pampin as Susana * Rafael Federman as Mariano * Laura Paredes as Margarita * Benjamín Coehlo as Ezequiel * Camila Fabri as Ana * Daniela Pal as Liliana * Manuela Martelli as Lucía

Production

''Two Shots Fired'' was writer/director

's first feature film in ten years. The film used an

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and was mostly composed of fixed shots. He commented that whilst his previous feature films concentrated on teenagers (''

Rapado ''Rapado'' is an Argentine and Dutch 1992 drama film, written and directed by Martín Rejtman, 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 mov ...

''), twenty-year-olds (''

Silvia Prieto ''Silvia Prieto'' is a 1999 Argentine drama and comedy film directed by Martín Rejtman. The musical score was composed by Vicentico. The film stars Rosario Bléfari, Valeria Bertuccelli, Vicentico, Marcelo Zanelli, Susana Pampín, Luis Mancini a ...

'') and thirty-year-olds ('' The Magic Gloves''), in ''Two Shots Fired'' there are characters of all different ages.

Critical reception

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'' review described ''Two Shots Fired'' as "droll" and '' Variety'' commented that it was "predictably unpredictable".

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Two Shots Fired 2014 films 2014 drama films Argentine drama films 2010s Spanish-language films Films directed by Martín Rejtman 2010s Argentine films