SFFS Screen Presents:
Tony Manero
- When
- Event has passed (Fri Sep 11, 2009 - Thu Sep 17, 2009)
- Cost
- $8 - $14
- Tags
- Movies, Film Screenings
Description
Tony Manero (Chile 2008), Pablo Larraín’s penetrating portrait of a man who has forgotten his own history and culture in pursuit of an alien dream of success. In Santiago de Chile, 1978, Pinochet’s dictatorship has it's citizens coping with a nightly curfew, constant military patrols and the omnipresent threat of violence. In the midst of it, a middle-aged man named Raúl,is obsessed with the idea of impersonating Tony Manero, John Travolta’s character from Saturday Night Fever. He leads a small group of devoted dancers who have their sights set on an upcoming “Tony look-alike” television competition. Raúl’s immoderate desire to win, coupled with an obsessive need to recreate the glass dance floor from the movie, leads him to commit a series of crimes and thefts and to act increasingly autocratic and cruel with his fellow hoofers.More Info
- Link
- http://www.sffs.org
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