Gatica,_el_mono

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Gatica, el mono

1993 film by Leonardo Favio

Gatica, el mono is a 1993 Argentine drama film directed by Leonardo Favio. It is a biopic of Argentine boxer José María Gatica.
It won the Silver Condor for Best Film. It was selected as the Argentine entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 66th Academy Awards, but Leonardo Favio asked the Instituto Nacional de Cinematografía (INC) to remove it as a nominee in order to protest in delays of the Congress' approval of the Foreign Films taxes.[3][4][5]

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In a survey of the 100 greatest films of Argentine cinema carried out by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 2000, the film reached the 24th position.[6] In a new version of the survey organized in 2022 by the specialized magazines La vida útil, Taipei and La tierra quema, presented at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, it reached the 20th position.[7]

Cast

  • Edgardo Nieva as Gatica
  • Horacio Taicher as El Ruso
  • Juan Costa as Jesús Gatica
  • María Eva Gatica as Madre
  • Erasmo Olivera as Gatica (teen)
  • Kika Child as Ema
  • Virginia Innocenti as Nora
  • Adolfo Yanelli as El Rosarino

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Gatica, el mono (1993)". Advisory Commission of Cinematographic Exhibition. National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts. Archived from the original on 1 July 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  2. [2]
    Di Nubila, Domingo (28 March 1994). "'Park,' 'Tango' power Argentine biz in '93". Variety. p. 42.
  3. [3]
    Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  4. [4]
    Frook, John Evan (30 November 1993). "Acad inks Cates, unveils foreign-language entries". Variety. Retrieved 25 August 2008.
  5. [5]
    Ares, Carlos (27 January 1994). "El filme argentino 'Gatica, el mono' se retira de los Oscar". El País.
  6. [6]
    "Las 100 mejores del periodo 1933-1999 del Cine Argentino". La mirada cautiva (3). Buenos Aires: Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken: 6–14. 2000. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022 – via Encuesta de cine argentino 2022 on Google Drive.
  7. [7]
    "Top 100" (in Spanish). Encuesta de cine argentino 2022. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
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