Buenos Aires me mata
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Buenos Aires me mata is a 1998
Argentine
musical film
drama
directed and written by Beda Docampo Feijóo. The film premiered on 13 August 1998 in Buenos Aires
. The film stars Imanol Arias
portraying a drag queen
.
family and Piernitas, daughter of a civil employee of the government. They party regularly at Gay Night Club the Ship. There they intercross with the outlandish countess Pavlova (Imanol Arias
, who is a travestite, Laureano, the yuppie that handles the premises, and Arteche, manager of the band. All arrive at the ship convinced that that is its night. Some will discover that already nothing will be able to change the destiny to them.
1998 in film
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Argentine
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
musical film
Musical film
The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate...
drama
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed and written by Beda Docampo Feijóo. The film premiered on 13 August 1998 in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
. The film stars Imanol Arias
Imanol Arias
Imanol Arias born Manuel María Arias Domínguez , is a Spanish actor and one off film director.Imanol Arias began his career with a travelling theatre group in Spain performing in the Basque Country of northern Spain. He debuted on TV in 1976 and his first film was in "Cecilia " of 'Humberto Solas'...
portraying a drag queen
Drag queen
A drag queen is a man who dresses, and usually acts, like a caricature woman often for the purpose of entertaining. There are many kinds of drag artists and they vary greatly, from professionals who have starred in films to people who just try it once. Drag queens also vary by class and culture and...
.
Cast
- Imanol AriasImanol AriasImanol Arias born Manuel María Arias Domínguez , is a Spanish actor and one off film director.Imanol Arias began his career with a travelling theatre group in Spain performing in the Basque Country of northern Spain. He debuted on TV in 1976 and his first film was in "Cecilia " of 'Humberto Solas'...
.... Condesa Pavlova - Fernán Mirás......... Laureano
- Eleonora Wexler...... Piernitas
- Nancy DupláaNancy DupláaNancy Dupláa is an Argentine actress.She was born in Olivos, a northern suburb of Buenos Aires), and was raised in San Martín, a suburb to the west. She enrolled in the University of Buenos Aires to pursue a degree in graphic design, but discontinued her studies after two years...
..... Arteche - Claudio Tolcachir.... Gonza
- Leonardo Saggese.... Sixto
- Maximiliano Ghione
- Juan Pablo Ballinou
- Silvina BoscoSilvina BoscoSilvina Bosco is an Argentine actress.Although she has worked more in television in series such as Chiquititas she has appeared in a number of popular Argentine films such as Buenos Aires me mata , La Fuga, Animalada and Arregui, la noticia del día , and Apasionados in 2002.In 2004 she appeared in...
- Marta Betoldi
- Julieta Cardinali
Plot
The story is centered in the life of three young people. Gonza, singer of a rock band, Sixto, son of millionaireMillionaire
A millionaire is an individual whose net worth or wealth is equal to or exceeds one million units of currency. It can also be a person who owns one million units of currency in a bank account or savings account...
family and Piernitas, daughter of a civil employee of the government. They party regularly at Gay Night Club the Ship. There they intercross with the outlandish countess Pavlova (Imanol Arias
Imanol Arias
Imanol Arias born Manuel María Arias Domínguez , is a Spanish actor and one off film director.Imanol Arias began his career with a travelling theatre group in Spain performing in the Basque Country of northern Spain. He debuted on TV in 1976 and his first film was in "Cecilia " of 'Humberto Solas'...
, who is a travestite, Laureano, the yuppie that handles the premises, and Arteche, manager of the band. All arrive at the ship convinced that that is its night. Some will discover that already nothing will be able to change the destiny to them.