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Buenos Aires, November 2001. Argentina is embroiled in crisis, with the peso plunging deeper and deeper. Julio Färber, the charismatic bandoneon player of the “Vecinos de Pompeya,” a five-piece working-class tango band, is trying to keep his head above water, but every month he is earning less and less from their gigs as well as from the traditional shoe shop he inherited from his father. At the very moment, he takes the decision to leave his beloved Buenos Aires forever, it clearly appears that life is conspiring against him: overnight, the government freezes all bank accounts in the whole country, preventing Julio from purchasing the flight tickets and sparking violent protests throughout the town. And Mariela, a witty young woman, and feisty cab driver, bumps into his car at full speed, damaging Julio’s last possession of value before stealing his heart…
Original Release
05/11/2023
US Release
05/03/2024
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Diego Cremonesi | Julio Färber |
Marina Bellati | Mariela Martínez / Mariela |
Carlos Portaluppi | Carlos Acosta |
Rafael Spregelburd | Tito Godoy |
Mario Alarcón | Ricardo Tortorella |
Luis Ziembrowski | El Jose |
David Masajnik | El Polaco |
Regina Lamm | Dorothe Färber |
Violeta Narvay | Paula Färber |
Matías Luque Benante | Pablito |
Directors
Writers
Stephan Puchner, Fernando Castets, German Kral
Cast
Name | Character |
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Diego Cremonesi | Julio Färber |
Marina Bellati | Mariela Martínez / Mariela |
Carlos Portaluppi | Carlos Acosta |
Rafael Spregelburd | Tito Godoy |
Mario Alarcón | Ricardo Tortorella |
Luis Ziembrowski | El Jose |
David Masajnik | El Polaco |
Regina Lamm | Dorothe Färber |
Violeta Narvay | Paula Färber |
Matías Luque Benante | Pablito |
Alexia Moyano | Ana Färber |
Mario Mahler | Senator Salinas |
Roberto Minondi | Jorge Galante |
Gustavo Angeloni | David |
Heinz K. Krattiger | |
Manuel Vicente | Atilio Fernández |
Horacio Marassi |
Producers
Name | Role |
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German Kral | Producer |
Josef Brandmaier | Producer |
Nils Dünker | Producer |
Dieter Horres | Producer |
Leon Schömig | Producer |
Jorge Leandro Colás | Producer |
Carolina M. Fernández | Producer |