Tomás Fonzi Movies
Two friends on the verge of adulthood take one last road trip together before buckling down and setting out on their great life journeys in this carefree tale of youthful mischief from Sexykiller director Miguel Marti. Fito and Toño have been best friends for as far back as either of them can remember, but next week everything will chance when Fito obtains his scholarship and travels to England to pursue his college education. Toño, too has a blueprint for success, though he plans to travel a slightly less conventional path in life. If Toño can just land an exclusive interview with the popular rock band Slam, who are currently set to headline the popular Cactus Beach Festival, perhaps he can land a job as a columnist for "Chill Out Magazine." But before Fito can head off to college, he must first transport a new delivery van to his father. Of course this gives Toño and Fito the perfect excuse to sew their wild oats with one last bash at the beach, and after rounding up their old pal Luisito it's time to gas up the van and get ready for some serious fun in the sand. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ivan Hermes, Juana Acosta, (more)
- 2002
Marcelo Piñeyro's emotional drama Kamchatka is set in Argentina just after the 1976 revolution. A lawyer (Ricardo Darín) takes his wife (Cecilia Roth) and children (Matías del Pozo and Milton de la Canal) to the country after the coup, and they adopt new identities. Their new life is difficult, but a visit with grandma and grandpa (Fernanda Mistral and Héctor Alterio) shows that these people are still a close-knit unit. Eventually the older son makes friends with a fellow teenager named Lucas (Tomás Fonzi). ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ricardo Darín, Cecilia Roth, (more)
Argentine filmmaker Fabian Bielinsky makes his directorial debut with this taut crime thriller about a stamp and con artists on the make. The film opens with low-rent hustler Juan (Gaston Pauls) trying to scam the workers in a convenience store when Marcos (Ricardo Darin) steps in to arrest him. In truth, Marcos is veteran con himself and the two split the money after fleeing the scene. Soon after, Marcos asks Juan to be his partner in a series of small-time jobs. When one of the men gets a message from his sister, the two head to the tony hotel where she works. There they try to pull off a big con that was initially planned by an aging criminal too ill to do it. The swindle centers around a fantastically accurate forgery of a rare stamp called the Nine Queens. As the two doggedly try to set up the deal, mobsters and the like learn of the job and try to horn in. This film was screened at the 2001 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ricardo Darín, Gastón Pauls, (more)
