Puan (film)
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| Cinematography | Hélène Louvart |
| Edited by | Lívia Serpa |
| Music by | Santiago Dolan |
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| Distributed by | Digicine |
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| Language | Spanish |
Puan is a 2023 comedy-drama film directed and written by María Alché and Benjamín Naishtat. Its cast features Marcelo Subiotto, Julieta Zylberberg, Alejandra Flechner, Cristina Banegas, Andrea Frigerio, Mara Bestelli, and Leonardo Sbaraglia. It is an Argentine-Italian-French-German-Brazilian international co-production.
Plot[edit]
The plot tracks a political philosophy lecturer of the university in the Puan area of Buenos Aires whose prospects for taking the vacant chair of deceased professor Caselli are threatened by the return of a former colleague back from Germany.[1][2]
Cast[edit]
- Marcelo Subiotto as Marcelo Pena[2]
- Julieta Zylberberg[3]
- Alejandra Flechner as Doris[2]
- Cristina Banegas[3]
- Andrea Frigerio[3]
- Mara Bestelli as Vicky[2]
- Leonardo Sbaraglia as Rafael Sujarchuk[2]
- Camila Peralta[3]
- Héctor Bidonde[3]
- Lali Espósito as Vera Mota[4]
- Zulema Galperín as Amelia[5]
Production[edit]
The film is an Argentine-Italian-French-German-Brazilian co-production by A Pasto and Pucará Cine along with Infinity Hill, Pandora Filmproduktion, Atelier de Production, Kino Produzioni, and Bubbles Project.[2]
Release[edit]
The film entered the main competition of the 71st San Sebastián International Film Festival, making its debut on 26 September 2023.[6] Distributed by Digicine,[4] it opened in Argentine theatres on 5 October 2023.[7]
Reception[edit]
According to the American review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, Puan has a 90% approval rating based on 10 reviews from critics, with an average rating of 7.7/10.[8]
Jessica Kiang of Variety deemed the film to be "a fleet-footed if sharply pointed existential-crisis comedy, shot with unobstrusive, naturalistic dynamism by Hélène Louvart".[2]
Marcelo Stiletano of La Nación gave the film a 'very good' rating assessing that on the surface, the film works like a charm as a college-set madcap comedy, but it also is a tragicomedy.[4]
Bartolomé Armentano of Rolling Stone considered that, in addition of the showcase of the cast, the film features another great achievement, that of "the accurate representation of university life and academic endogamy".[5]
Accolades[edit]
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2023 |
71st San Sebastián International Film Festival | Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance | Marcelo Subiotto | Won | [9] |
| Best Screenplay | María Alché, Benjamín Naishtat | Won | |||
| 29th Forqué Awards | Best Latin-American Film | Nominated | [10] | ||
2024 |
38th Goya Awards | Best Ibero-American Film | Nominated | [11] | |
| 11th Platino Awards | Best Actor | Marcelo Subiotto | Nominated | [12] | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Leonardo Sbaraglia | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | Alejandra Flechner | Nominated | |||
| Best Art Direction | Julieta Dolinsky | Nominated | |||
| Film and Values Education | Nominated | ||||
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Koza, Roger (26 September 2023). "Festival de San Sebastián: dos argentinas por el máximo premio en Donostia". La Voz del Interior.
- ^ a b c d e f g Kiang, Jessica (29 September 2023). "'Puan' Review: The Personal Gets Political in a Sly, Delightful Argentinian Academia Comedy". Variety.
- ^ a b c d e Monteagudo, Luciano (5 October 2023). ""Puan", de María Alché y Benjamín Naishtat: un film de una actualidad candente". Página/12.
- ^ a b c Stiletano, Marcelo (5 October 2023). "Puan, el tragicómico escenario de la crisis existencial de un docente universitario". La Nación.
- ^ a b Armentano, Bartolomé (5 October 2023). "El estreno de Puan: comedia intelectual, educación pública y premios en San Sebastián". Rolling Stone.
- ^ "Una historia española de amor y una comedia argentina presentadas en San Sebastian". Radio France Internationale. 26 September 2023.
- ^ ""Puán" llega a Rosario con una función especial con sus directores y productores". Conclusión. 17 October 2023.
- ^ "Puan". RottenTomatoes. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ Roxborough, Scott (1 October 2023). "San Sebastián: Jaione Camborda's 'The Rye Horn' Wins Golden Shell for Best Film". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ "Palmarés completo de los Premios Forqué 2023: '20.000 especies de abejas' y 'La Mesías' lideran la apertura de la temporada". Cinemanía. 17 December 2023 – via 20minutos.es.
- ^ "Premios Platino 2024 | Palmarés completo: el triunfo de 'La sociedad de la nieve' y todos los ganadores de la noche". Cinemanía. 21 April 2024 – via 20minutos.es.
- ^ "'La sociedad de la nieve' lidera las nominaciones de los Premios Platino del Cine Iberoamericano 2024". Cinemanía. 14 March 2023 – via 20minutos.es.
External links[edit]
- 2023 films
- 2023 comedy-drama films
- 2020s Argentine films
- 2020s French films
- 2020s German films
- 2020s Italian films
- Films set in universities and colleges
- Argentine comedy-drama films
- French comedy-drama films
- German comedy-drama films
- Brazilian comedy-drama films
- Italian comedy-drama films
- 2020s Spanish-language films
- Spanish-language comedy-drama films
- Films about philosophers