- EXTENDED SYNOPSIS
Montevideo, 1973: tener doce años, ser distinto y estar enamorado una semana antes del más sangriento golpe militar del país más pequeño de Suramérica.Nada más pisar la tierra de sus padres, Xavi, el nuevo fichaje del Osasuna de Pamplona, se da de bruces con el pasado.A sus treinta y tantos acaba de poner por primera vez los pies fuera del Paisito y se reencuentra con Rosana, que entre el amor y el odio se ha pasado veinte años esperando que Xavi viniera a buscarla y le explicara sus recuerdos de aquel Uruguayde1973. Aquel Uruguay en el que su famosa democracia y sus millones de cabezas de ganado no podían ocultar el descontento del pueblo, la corrupción endémica de los políticos, los tupamaros, los milicos o el golpe de estado que ya se sabe que van adar.Enmedio de todo aquello, el padre de Rosana y el de Xavi no querían otra cosa que proteger a sus hijos y vivir una vida consecuente con sus ideas... y ver fútbol, claro. Porque en el Paisito el fútbol lo es todo, incluso en tiempos de guerra.
Montevideo 1973: To be twelve, different and in love, a week before the bloodiest military coup of South America’s smallest country (Uruguay).As soon as Uruguayan soccer player Xavi —just signed on to Pamplona´s Osasuna team in Spain— arrives in his parents´ homeland, his past rises up to meet him.In his thirty-something years, this is his first time outside the Paisito, his own country. He soon runs into Rosana. Between love and hate, she has spent twenty years waiting for Xavi to come to her and explain what she remembers of Uruguay in1973.Inthat Uruguay, not even its famous democracy or millions of heads of livestock could hide people´s discontent, politicians´ deep-rooted corruption, the "tupamaros" (national liberation movement), the military police, or the coup d´etat people knewwasabout to happen.In the midst of all that, Rosana´s and Xavi´s fathers want only to protect their children and live a life in keeping with their values... and watch soccer, of course. For in the Paisito, soccer is what really matters, even in times of war.
- CAST
Performance | Name | Role |
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Cast | Mauricio Dayub | Roberto Severgnini |
Cast | Emilio Gutiérrez Caba | Manuel |
Cast | Viviana Saccone | Ana Severgnini |
Cast | Nicolás Pauls | Xavi adulto |
Cast | María Botto | Rosana adulta |
Cast | Andrea Davidovics | Dolores |
- CREW
Performance | Name | Notes |
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Production | Gerardo Herrero | |
Production | Vanessa Ragone | |
Directed by | Díez, Ana | |
Executive Production | Mariela Besuievsky | |
Executive Production | Gabriel Bossio | |
Line Production | Josean Gómez | |
Screenplay | Ricardo Fernández Blanco | |
Cinematography | Alfonso Parra | |
Score | Lucio Godoy | |
Film Editing | Fernando Pardo | |
Production Design - Art Direction | Adelaida Rodríguez | |
Production Design - Art Direction | Leho De Sosa | |
Sound | Sebastián Sonzogni | |
Assistant Director | Santiago Turell |
- FILM & TRAILER RATINGS
Film Rating | Duration | Certification |
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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR AUDIENCES UNDER 7 | 83 min. | 7/21/2009 |
Trailer Rating | Runtime | Certification |
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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR AUDIENCES UNDER 13 | 3 min. seg. | 6/1/2009 |
Video Rating | Runtime | Certification |
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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR AUDIENCES UNDER 7 | 83 min. seg. | 8/6/2009 |
- PUBLIC GRANTS
Grant | Amount |
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Grants - Amortisation of Feature Films - General | 618,890.13 € |
Grants - Reducing interest - Production | 30,000.00 € |
- CREW
Tag | Information |
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Year of the Spanish Films Catalogue | 2009 |
Production year | 2009 |
Length | Largometraje |
Film Formats | Super 35 mm. |
Running time | 83 minutos |
Aspect ratio | Scope 1:2,35 |
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- Festivals and Awards
Participation in Festivals | Section |
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Afi Fest | |
Festival De Biarritz | |
Festival De Málaga | Competición Oficial |
Festival De Montreal | |
Festival De Rio De Janeiro | |
Festival De Taormina |