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Tony Manero (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Tony Manero' is a 2008 Chilean film directed by Pablo Larran about a 52-year-old man in Santiago in 1978 who is obsessed with John Travolta's character in 'Saturday Night Fever'. It won the top prize at the 2008 Torino Film Festival and was Chile's submission to the 81st Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2009 it won the Golden Tulip at the Istanbul International Film Festival.
Cast
* Alfredo Castro - Ral Peralta
* Paola Lattus - Pauli
* Hctor Morales - Goyo
* Amparo Noguera - Cony
* Elsa Poblete - Wilma
* Marcelo Alonso - Rumano
* Mait Fernndez - Mara
* Antonia Zegers - Productora TV
* Marcial Tagle - Vidrero
* Rodrigo Prez - Agente CNI 1
* Pancho Gonzlez - Agente CNI 2
* Luis Uribe - Enrique
* Greta Nilsson - Cajera
* Enrique Maluenda - TV host
Reception
The film holds an 84% approval rating from the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 38 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "Deliberately provocative, 'Tony Manero' is as challenging and compelling as it is difficult to describe."
DVD releases
The film has been released on DVD in several countries. Region 2 DVDs were released in 2009 by Network in the U.K. and Ripley's Home Video in Italy, and an unrated region 1 DVD was released in 2010 by Kino International.
See also
*List of submissions to the 81st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* Cinema of Chile
References
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