Cecilia Gispert, Daniel Hendler, Daniel Jeng, Fernando Hoffman, Jazmin Stuart ...( see more  see more... ) , Maria Carolina Guzman , Martín Feldman , Miguel Dedovich , Susana Falcone , Walter Jakob

Luciano Gauna is a clown. Well, actually he is an entertainer at children's parties, and does so to make some money. And he is worried. He fears he might catch something. And for a long time he's been...( read more  read more... ) writing a script. He's on the verge of explosion, or on the verge of going nowhere fast. And his friend Manuel arrives from Spain. Manuel is a global "winner", and Luciano is full of impossibilities. And Sofia, Manuel's girlfriend appears.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 38 min.

Directed by: Gabriel Medina

Release Date: September 5, 2008

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  • March 3, 2009
    Tour-de-force is such a small word to describe Daniel Hendler's performance here. There isn't any word able to fully describe the power of his eyes, his voice, his body language, the ability he has to deeply swim in his characters' mind and soul. In this extraordinary film...( read more), he avoids his usual arrogant, sexed up gimmicks (which always work brilliantly) and develops a tender, cute, broken, soft, paranoid character who will get stuck to your memory for years to come.

    Gabriel Medina's playful (but mature) direction is able to keep the fun going in this high-class, hipster dramedie about a loser writing a screenplay while struggling with his insecure being and working in children's parties as Cachito, the purple, fluffy monster.

    The screenplay takes you deep into an underachiever's heart. A man who closes his curtains at night, smokes a joint and dances wildly to punkrock music in the safe environment of his apartment. A man who is afraid of living and avoids any kind of human relationship. A man who is, and probably will always be, alone.

    One of the underrated elements of this movie (everybody focuses on Daniel Hendler's uncanny acting... not that there's anything wrong with that, of course) is the music score, which is so subtle, so tiny and precise that helps us understand the lead character instead of telling us how to feel or think. The soundtrack is also wonderful and absolutely downloadable.

    Don't miss this one for anything in the world. Truly inspiring for any fan of slacker cinema, a truly wonderful work from the 25 Watts generation.

    Go Hendler! Go Medina! Awesome!
  • June 12, 2009
    esta no la he visto pero la quiero ver :)
  • December 2, 2008
    Excellent! Great great movie. Don't have anything more to say. Just watch it. You can thank me later.

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