Warten auf den Messias

2000

Waiting for the Messiah (Spanish: Esperando al mesías) is a 2000 Argentine, Spanish, and Italian comedy drama film directed by Daniel Burman. The film features Daniel Hendler, Enrique Piñeyro, Héctor Alterio, Melina Petriella, Stefania Sandrelli, Imanol Arias and Dolores Fonzi, among others.[2]

The film won many awards including Best Film at the Lleida Latin-American Film Festival in Spain. The film takes place in a Jewish community of Buenos Aires.

The picture tells of Ariel (Daniel Hendler), a post-production video editor, a young man who is torn between his devotion to traditional family ties and the desire for something different, and, of Santamaria (Enrique Piñeyro) an older bank employee who suddenly finds his life in complete turmoil.

Santamaria is unexpectedly fired from his bank job due to the world's stock market shocks. His wife takes this event as an opportunity to get rid of him and put him out on the street. Forced to make a small living returning stolen wallets, Santamaria finds some hope in Elsa, a bathroom attendant (Stefania Sandrelli) who is waiting for her husband to be released from prison.

Ariel is very much against the restraints of a future that will see him take over his elderly father's (Héctor Alterio) restaurant and marry an Argentine Jewish girl (Melina Petriella). At the same time, Ariel is also attracted to a sexy co-worker, Laura (Chiara Caselli), who tells him she's a lesbian.

The title alludes to the Jewish belief of "waiting for the Messiah"; in this case, characters are shown at first to be inactive and dormant, until death and crisis forces them to take action and reevaluate their lives.

The film opened wide in Argentina on May 25, 2000.

The picture was then presented at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 14, 2000, and later at the Palm Springs International Film Festival on January 12, 2001.

Quelle: Wikipedia(englisch)
Kinostart:2000
weitere Titel:
Waiting for the Messiah
Esperando al Mesías
Warten auf den Messias
Esperando al mesías
Esperando Al Mesíascy
等待弥赛亚zh
Aspettando il Messia
Genre:Dramedy, Filmdrama
Herstellungsland:Italien, Spanien, Argentinien
Originalsprache:Spanisch
Farbe:Farbe
IMDB: 699
Offizielle Webseite:www.aquafilms.com.ar
Regie:Daniel Burman
Drehbuch:Daniel Burman
Emiliano Torres
Kamera:Ramiro Civita
Schnitt:Verónica Chen
Musik:César Lerner
Produzent:Diego Dubcovsky
Darsteller:Daniel Hendler
Enrique Piñeyro
Héctor Alterio
Melina Petriella
Stefania Sandrelli
Chiara Caselli
Dolores Fonzi
Beatriz Thibaudin
Imanol Arias
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2001
Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards
Silver Condor
Best Music (Mejor Música)
Gewinner
2001
Lleida Latin-American Film Festival
Best Film
Gewinner
2001
Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards
Silver Condor
Best Film (Mejor Película)
Nominiert
2001
Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards
Silver Condor
Best Director (Mejor Director)
Nominiert
2001
Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards
Silver Condor
Best Supporting Actress (Mejor Actriz de Reparto)
Nominiert
2001
Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards
Silver Condor
Best New Actor (Mejor Revelación Masculina)
Nominiert
2001
Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards
Silver Condor
Best New Actress (Mejor Revelación Femenina)
Nominiert
2001
Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards
Silver Condor
Best Screenplay, Original (Mejor Guión Original)
Nominiert
2000
Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent
Special Mention
Gewinner
2000
Havana Film Festival
Grand Coral - Third Prize
Gewinner
2000
Valladolid International Film Festival
FIPRESCI Prize
Gewinner
2000
Bratislava International Film Festival
Grand Prix
Nominiert
2000
Thessaloniki Film Festival
Golden Alexander
Nominiert
2000
Valladolid International Film Festival
Golden Spike
Nominiert
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