Silvia Prieto (1999)
Country: ARG
Technical: col/1.66:1 92m
Director: Martín Rejtman
Cast: Rosario Bléfari, Valeria Bertuccelli, Marcelo Zanelli, Vicentico
Synopsis:
A young divorcee rebels against her repetitive existence serving coffees and cutting up chicken and takes a holiday. Having met a man there, she steals his Armani jacket and returns home, where her friend fixes her up with her ex. Meanwhile she learns from the Armani's owner that there is another Silvia Prieto in the city, and her ex-husband starts going out with her friend. All follow with interest the progress of another couple adopted by a reality tv show as 'ideal mates'.
Review:
Millennial angst appears to have gripped this film, whose protagonist is neither interesting nor particularly endearing but clearly intends to improve her lot - though she doesn't know how. Having finally opted to meet her namesake, she thoughtfully takes her a gift, with nefarious effects, only to then conceive an antipathy towards the hapless woman. However, the final sequence reveals that she is filming a gathering of the 'Silvia Prieto club'. This perplexing and at times wilfully contradictory work would seem to be about a lack of moral direction, but could as easily be about the secret of Silvia's trademark fried chicken. Quirkily funny if you are in the mood, it is alas cheaply made and poorly acted.
Country: ARG
Technical: col/1.66:1 92m
Director: Martín Rejtman
Cast: Rosario Bléfari, Valeria Bertuccelli, Marcelo Zanelli, Vicentico
Synopsis:
A young divorcee rebels against her repetitive existence serving coffees and cutting up chicken and takes a holiday. Having met a man there, she steals his Armani jacket and returns home, where her friend fixes her up with her ex. Meanwhile she learns from the Armani's owner that there is another Silvia Prieto in the city, and her ex-husband starts going out with her friend. All follow with interest the progress of another couple adopted by a reality tv show as 'ideal mates'.
Review:
Millennial angst appears to have gripped this film, whose protagonist is neither interesting nor particularly endearing but clearly intends to improve her lot - though she doesn't know how. Having finally opted to meet her namesake, she thoughtfully takes her a gift, with nefarious effects, only to then conceive an antipathy towards the hapless woman. However, the final sequence reveals that she is filming a gathering of the 'Silvia Prieto club'. This perplexing and at times wilfully contradictory work would seem to be about a lack of moral direction, but could as easily be about the secret of Silvia's trademark fried chicken. Quirkily funny if you are in the mood, it is alas cheaply made and poorly acted.
Country: ARG
Technical: col/1.66:1 92m
Director: Martín Rejtman
Cast: Rosario Bléfari, Valeria Bertuccelli, Marcelo Zanelli, Vicentico
Synopsis:
A young divorcee rebels against her repetitive existence serving coffees and cutting up chicken and takes a holiday. Having met a man there, she steals his Armani jacket and returns home, where her friend fixes her up with her ex. Meanwhile she learns from the Armani's owner that there is another Silvia Prieto in the city, and her ex-husband starts going out with her friend. All follow with interest the progress of another couple adopted by a reality tv show as 'ideal mates'.
Review:
Millennial angst appears to have gripped this film, whose protagonist is neither interesting nor particularly endearing but clearly intends to improve her lot - though she doesn't know how. Having finally opted to meet her namesake, she thoughtfully takes her a gift, with nefarious effects, only to then conceive an antipathy towards the hapless woman. However, the final sequence reveals that she is filming a gathering of the 'Silvia Prieto club'. This perplexing and at times wilfully contradictory work would seem to be about a lack of moral direction, but could as easily be about the secret of Silvia's trademark fried chicken. Quirkily funny if you are in the mood, it is alas cheaply made and poorly acted.