Ricardo Bartis Movies
Love and betrayal complicate a robbery gone wrong in this offbeat crime thriller shot in Argentina. Angel (Eduardo Noriega) and El Nene (Leonardo Sbaraglia) are a pair of small-time criminals hired to take part in the robbery of an armored truck organized by mobsters Nando (Carlos Roffe) and Fontana (Ricardo Bartis), who working in cahoots with the driver, El Cuervo (Pablo Echarri). Angel and El Nene are also lovers, and when the robbery goes sour and Angel is shot by the police, El Nene is enraged and opens fire on the officers, turning the heist into a bloodbath. Angel and El Nene somehow escape and go into hiding, with El Nene attempting to nurse Angel back to health. As the couple tries to avoid detection in Uruguay, El Cuervo's moll, Vivi (Dolores Fonzi), tells the police of their whereabouts under threat of torture. Meanwhile, beginning to crack under cabin fever, Angel and El Nene slip into town to visit a carnival, where El Nene's head is unexpectedly turned by Giselle (Leticia Bredice), sparking murderous jealousy in Angel. Plata Quemada was adapted from a novel by Ricardo Piglia, which was inspired by a true story. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Eduardo Noriega, Leonardo Sbaraglia, (more)
- 1998
This Argentine-French allegorical drama, in Spanish dialogue, is divided into six titled sections (such as "Tea for Two"). The thin plotline follows alcoholic thief Valdivia (Ricardo Bartis) who sleeps with swimming instructor Marina (Susanna Szperling) before setting forth on the Argentine wilderness in search of a golden sheep. With a blow-up from 16mm, this film was shown at the 1998 Berlin Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ricardo Bartis, Miguel Guerberoff, (more)
- 1992
An urge to see his long-absent father sends a young Argentine boy on an epic bicycle trip throughout South America. Martin lives in the world's southernmost city, Ushaia. His father is an anthropologist, last reported as working in Brazil. Leaving behind his mother and stepfather, the boy travels north, encountering scenes of exploitation and destruction, abject subjugation to the U.S.A., and of high absurdity. An example of the latter would be when a national president whose surname means "frog" puts on rubber flippers in order to survey the damage in a flooded city. Along the way, he also learns about environmental and cultural destruction, particularly in reference to indigenous cultures and peoples. His astonishing journeys take him as far as Mexico. This meandering tale was profoundly popular in Latin America. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Walter Quiroz, Ricardo Bartis, (more)
- 1987
In this heartfelt romance, an Argentine woman married to a Turk tells him of her greatest past love. She met the old flame in 1975 while living with her family in Buenos Aires. She was a young, naive girl and he an anthropology major at the local university. A passionate leftist, active in student demonstrations, he falls in love with her and desperately wants to marry her, but nationwide political upheaval forces them apart. Because the radical and his group are constantly under government fire, he flees to live in Stockholm, Sweden. The lovesick girl eventually follows him, and together they find brief respite living with other expatriates in a country home. But as time passes, the radical grows increasingly restless and distances himself from the girl. In retaliation she turns to the Turkish fellow and, though she is continually haunted by her first love, tries to forge a new life with him. An interesting character portrait, the story is somewhat based on a real life situation. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Emilia Mazer, Norberto Diaz, (more)
- 1987
In this moody and artistically oriented variation on a standard horror premise, a group of ambitious young actors and another group of actors whose careers are on the wane have agreed to work for a film which requires them to sign an unusual contract. They are to live under certain conditions at a haunted mansion and will not be permitted to leave. The gloomy and spiritually tainted atmosphere of the place drives a number of them to commit suicide, and the rest of them apparently go crazy, in this filmic hommage to the works of exiled Chilean director Raul Ruiz. Rather than being a horror film, this is apparently intended as a highly symbolic drama with fantastic elements and political overtones: reviewers felt that the film suffered enormously as a result. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lorenzs Quinteros
