- Picado Fino
Infobox Film
name = Picado fino
image_size = 300
caption = Screenshot
director =Esteban Sapir
producer = Esteban Sapir
writer = Esteban Sapir
narrator =
starring = Belén Blanco
Marcela Guerty
music = Francisco Sicilia
cinematography =Ramiro Civita Víctor González
Esteban Sapir
editing = Marcelo Dujo
Miguel Martin
distributor = 5600 Films
released = December 1996 (Cuba)April 23 ,1998 (Argentina)
runtime = 80 minutes
country = ARG
language = Spanish
budget =
website =
amg_id = 1:154745
imdb_id = 0117337"Picado fino" (English: "Fine Powder") 1996) is an Argentine
drama film , written and directed byEsteban Sapir . The picture features Facundo Luengo, Belén Blanco, Marcela Guerty, among others. [imdb title| id=0117337|title=Picado Fino.]Plot
The film tells of Thomas (Facundo Luengo) a grown man who lives with his grandmother in the industrial section of a large Argentine city.
His life isn't going exactly as planned. Though he has impregnated his girlfriend Ana, he finds himself avoiding her because he has fallen in love with Alma, so he ignores Ana.
When he needs to make some money, he hooks up with a drug dealer, and this makes matters worse.
Distribution
The film was first presented at the
Havana Film Festival inCuba on December 1996. It opened in Argentina onApril 23 ,1998 .Cast
* Facundo Luengo as Tomás Caminos
* Belén Blanco as Ana
* Marcela Guerty as Alma
*Miguel Ángel Solá as Profesor de violín
* Juan Leyrado as Selector de personal
* Ana María Giunta as Selectora de personal
* Ricardo Merkin as Dealer
* Sandro Nunziatta as Padre
* Nora Zinski as Madre
* Laura Martín as Hermana
* Fanny Robman as Abuela
* Hernán Pérez as Novio
* Alicia Mariola as Maestra
* Alejandro Sisco as Policía
* Miguel Kukoski as Diariero
* Eulalio Segovia as MozoAwards
Wins
*Havana Film Festival :FIPRESCI Prize - Special Mention, Esteban Sapir; 1996.Nominations
* Molodist International Film Festival,Ukraine : Best Film Award; Best Full-Length Fiction Film, Esteban Sapir; 1997.
*Argentine Film Critics Association Awards : Silver Condor; Best Editing, Marcelo Dujo and Miguel Martin; Best First Film, Esteban Sapir; 1999.References
External links
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* [http://www.cinenacional.com/peliculas/index.php?pelicula=1540 "Picado fino"] at thecinenacional.com sp icon.
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