Advantages: beautifully filmed, great acting Disadvantages: too short
Bombon el Perro is an Argentinian film that was released in UK cinemas earlier this year. THE PLOT
Juan Villegas is 52 years old and has recently been made redundant, having worked as a mechanic in a petrol station, in a remote part of Patagonian, for the last 30 years. Resigned to living with his daughter, her lazy husband and 3 children in a small house, Juan tries to eek out a living making knives. These are beautifully hand-crafted pieces but ... ...find odd jobs to make ends meet. Feeling dejected and lacking in self-esteem he sets of in his van to find full-time employment. After a series of false-starts, a chance encounter on a roadside sets Juan on a path he never dreamt off. He tows a young lady's car 150Km back to her house and repairs it. Upon completion, she offers to pay Juan with a dog (an Argentinian Mastiff). Despite his protests, she insists the dog is of sound pedigree and will ...
kollarosie 19.10.2005
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Advantages: Good Latin American film Disadvantages: Subtitles
Coco (Juan Villegas) is a kindly and humble middle-aged balding Argentina guy who just wants to get back to work, plenty of time on his hands to stew. Laid off as a garage mechanic after 30 years of loyal service on the rural arterial highways, linking the small pueblos of Argentina on the Pampas where he and his family grew up, prospects don’t look good for Coco. He’s keeping busy by making knives, trying to sell them for a few pesos on his travels ... ...Coco is not a lucky man in life because he doesn’t seek it, just subservient to his surroundings and gifts God has given him. But today is his lucky day and after fixing a strangers car in the middle of nowhere she returns the favour by paying him in kind by giving him a big dog, a pedigree too. Reticent at first to take the aggressive looking mutt back home to his impoverished young daughter’s family where he is living, it soon becomes apparent ...
thedevilinme 14.11.2009 (26.12.2009)
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