Un Crisantemo Estalla en Cinco Esquinas

Infobox Film
name = Un crisantemo estalla en cinco esquinas


image_size =
caption = Theatrical Poster
director = Daniel Burman
producer = Diego Dubcovsky
writer = Daniel Burman
narrator =
starring = José Luis Alfonzo
Pastora Vega
Martin Kalwill
music = Antonio Tarrago Ros
cinematography = Esteban Sapir
editing = Verónica Chen
distributor = BD Cine
released = Germany:
February 11, 1998
Argentina:
May 7, 1998
runtime = 83 minutes
country = Argentina
Brazil
France
Spain
language = Spanish
budget =
website =
amg_id = 1:160509
imdb_id = 0143197

"Un crisantemo estalla en cinco esquinas" (English: "A Crysanthemum Bursts in Cincoesquinas") (1998) is an Argentine, Brazilian, French, and Spanish, film, written and directed by Daniel Burman, his first feature film. The picture was produced by Diego Dubcovsky. It features José Luis Alfonzo, Pastora Vega, Martin Kalwill, among others. [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0143197/ "Un Crisantemo Estalla en Cinco Esquinas"] at the Internet Movie Database.]

Film critic Anthony Kaufman, writing for "indieWIRE", an online community of independent filmmakers and aficionados, said Burman's "A Chrysanthemum Burst in Cincoesquinas" (1998) has been cited as the beginning of the "New Argentine Cinema" wave. [ [http://www.indiewire.com/biz/biz_020320_WorldCine3.html Kaufman, Anthony] . "indieWIRE", "Argentina's Next Wave Struggle Sustains Momentum Amid Economic Collapse," March 20, 2002.]

Plot

The story takes place in South America at the turn of the 20th Century.

As a child, Erasmo (José Luis Alfonzo) was left with a nurse by his parents, who had to escape a waging civil war. Erasmo is now a grown man. He has lost his parents, and now his foster mother is brutally murdered. He seeks to avenge her death, and the culprit is the landowner and head of state, El Zancudo (Walter Reyno).

Erasmo befriends a poor Jew named Saul (Martin Kalwill), who is prepared to help him in his undertaking. Along the way, Erasmo finds allies, adversaries, love, and then Magdalena (Valentina Bassi).

Cast

* José Luis Alfonzo as Erasmo
* Pastora Vega as La Gallega
* Martin Kalwill as Saul
* Valentina Bassi as Magdalena
* Millie Stegmann as La Boletera
* Walter Reyno as El Zancudo
* Rolly Serrano as Cachao
* Ricardo Merkin as Doctor
* Aldo Romero as Lucio
* María Luisa Argüello as Elsa
* Sandra Ceballos as Mother
* Guadalupe Farías Gómez as Albina
* Antonio Tarrago Ros as Chamamecero

Distribution

The film was first presented at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 11, 1998. It opened in Argentina on May 7, 1998.

It screened at the Muestra de Cine Argentino en Medellín, Colombia.

Awards

Wins
* Sochi International Film Festival, Sochi, Russia: FIPRESCI Prize, Daniel Burman.

References

External links

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* [http://www.cinenacional.com/peliculas/index.php?pelicula=2264 "Un crisantemo estalla en cinco esquinas"] at the cinenacional.com sp icon.