Funny Dirty Little War (1983)
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The apparent ease with which Argentina's political situation could degrade into extremists killing each other is illustrated in this interesting fictional allusion to historical reality. Suprino (Hector Bidonde), a local Peronist boss in the small town of Colonia Vela, schemes with the county… More The apparent ease with which Argentina's political situation could degrade into extremists killing each other is illustrated in this interesting fictional allusion to historical reality. Suprino (Hector Bidonde), a local Peronist boss in the small town of Colonia Vela, schemes with the county mayor and a union leader to get the deputy mayor Fuentes (Federico Luppi) out of power - even though the Peronist is indebted to Fuentes. Fuentes is told that he has to fire his assistant because of the assistant's leftist sympathies - and he refuses. That evokes a harsh response from Suprino (the Peronist), who now has the police chief intervene for him. But Fuentes, rather than cave in to pressure, barricades his office, lines up men to stand by him, and gets ready for the first police assault. Leftist students then kidnap the police chief demanding that the attack on Fuentes stop - but their actions only serve to escalate the now raging conflict into a minor civil war. In the end, the film makes it clear that survival may be the only criterion determining who wins - which creates a village of losers, including the political process. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Directed By
- Héctor Olivera
- Genres
- Art House & International, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Mar 30, 1985 Wide
- Studio
- Media Home Entertainment
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Cast
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Federico Luppi
as Fuentes
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Miguel Ángel Solá
as Juan
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Ulises Dumont
as Cervino
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Julio De Grazia
as Garcia
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Rodolfo Ranni
as Sheriff Llanos
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Lautaro Murúa
as Maj. Guglielmini
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Héctor Bidonde
as Suprino
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Arturo Maly
as Toto
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Raúl Rizzo
as Rossi
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Victor Laplace
as Reinaldo
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Graciela Dufau
as Mrs. Fuentes
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Jose Maria Lopez
as Mateo
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Maria Socas
as Girl
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Fernando Iglesias 'Tacholas'
as Moyano
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Fernando Olmedo
as Ricardito
