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Night Watch
- Director: Edgardo Cozarinsky
- Writer: Edgardo Cozarinsky
- Producer: Marcelo Cespedes; Edgardo Cozarinsky
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Oh no - not another drug-dealing hustler movie. Yes, but one with a difference.
This has some truly magical cinematic moments (the rose, Margaret Thatcher, the ambassador), beautiful and thoughtful photography and a sense of the unreal and the real - where hallucination is indistinguishable from a drug-led life in reality.
There is no angst, no violence, no grime - nothing that usually applies to this genre.
Cozarinsky's fine-line approach is mesmerising - Victor, the hustler, is pristine against the streets - stuffed full with the grim realities of poverty and wealth.
He engages with everyone, with a smile and a joie-de-vivre that is accompanied by a seductive, sexual tango-driven soundtrack that never interferes, only heightens this oddly beautiful journey.
This is a benchmark production for this genre - a remarkable achievement.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
A long night's journey into day: Victor, a street hustler in the Santa Fe and Pueyrredón neighborhoods of Buenos Aires, from the evening of November 1, All Saints Day, to the dawn of November 2, All Souls Day. Victor's odyssey takes him from clients to friends to a gay gym then a hotel room and an all-night café. He plays pick-up soccer with kids whose parents are going through trash or waiting in parks. A vendor gives him a chrysanthemum. It seems he's being followed, and on the night streets, death is close at hand. Can Victor survive until dawn?
Cast & Characters
Gonzalo Heredia as Victor;
Mariana Anghileri as Cecilia;
Rafael Ferro as Mario;
Dario Tripicchio as Carlitos;
Gregory Dayton as El comisario;
Susana Varela as Florista;
Roman Chaploski as Embajador;
Jana Bokova as Lady Cocaina;
Diego Cunill as Muchacho impertinente;
Diego Trerotola as Primer cliente de droga;
David Solana as Segundo cliente;
Marcelo Iglesias as La Thatcher