The Film Critic (2013)
Director
Hernán Guerschuny
Main cast
Rafael Spregelburd; Dolores Fonzi; Blanca Lewin; Ignacio Rogers
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Foreign
Description
Tellez is a strict and prestigious film critic, totally weary of Hollywood romantic comedies and certain that the best of the seventh art died long time ago. Maybe because of its work, suffers from what he calls the âmaladie du cinemaâ: He sees the world like if it was a big movie that, in addition, he cannot keep from criticizing. While searching for his new apartment, he unexpectedly meets Sofia, a young and attractive woman that has very little to do with his good taste. âElemental, constructed on a basis of clichesâ he would describe her. Movements of random bring them together over and over again, in strangely idyllic situations. Tellez attempts to escape from a staging that he loathes, but suspects that the movie genre that he hates the most is taking its revenge.
Hernán Guerschuny
Main cast
Rafael Spregelburd; Dolores Fonzi; Blanca Lewin; Ignacio Rogers
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Foreign
Description
Tellez is a strict and prestigious film critic, totally weary of Hollywood romantic comedies and certain that the best of the seventh art died long time ago. Maybe because of its work, suffers from what he calls the âmaladie du cinemaâ: He sees the world like if it was a big movie that, in addition, he cannot keep from criticizing. While searching for his new apartment, he unexpectedly meets Sofia, a young and attractive woman that has very little to do with his good taste. âElemental, constructed on a basis of clichesâ he would describe her. Movements of random bring them together over and over again, in strangely idyllic situations. Tellez attempts to escape from a staging that he loathes, but suspects that the movie genre that he hates the most is taking its revenge.
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