ADIOS BUENOS AIRES
by German Kral
synopsis
Buenos Aires, November 2001. Argentina is embroiled in crisis, with the Peso plunging deeper and deeper. Julio Färber, the charismatic bandoneon player of the "Vecinos de Pompeya," a five-piece working-class tango band, is trying to keep his head above water, but every month he is earning less and less from their gigs as well as from the traditional shoe shop he inherited from his father. At the very moment he takes the decision to leave his beloved Buenos Aires forever, it clearly appears that life is conspiring against him: overnight, the government freezes all bank accounts in the whole country, preventing Julio from purchasing the flight tickets and sparking violent protests throughout the town. And Mariela, a witty young woman and feisty cab driver, bumps into his car at full speed, damaging Julio's last possession of value before stealing his heart.
original title: | Adios Buenos Aires |
country: | Germany, Argentina |
year: | 2023 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | German Kral |
film run: | 90' |
release date: | DE 11/05/2023 |
screenplay: | Stephan Puchner, Fernando Castets, German Kral |
cast: | Diego Cremonesi, Marina Bellati, Carlos Portaluppi, Manuel Vicente, Rafael Spregelburd, Mario Alarcón, Luís Ziembrowski, David Masajnik, Regina Lamm, Violeta Narvay |
cinematography by: | Christian Cottet, Daniel Ortega |
film editing: | Patricia Rommel, Hansjörg Weißbrich |
music: | Gerd Baumann |
producer: | Jorge Leandro Colás, Nils Dünker, Carolina Fernández, Dieter Horres, German Kral |
production: | Lailaps Pictures, Monogatari, WDR Westdeutscher Rundfunk, ARTE GEIE, Salamanca Cine (AR) |
distributor: | Alpenrepublik |