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Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes

1998 · 92 min

A raw, slow-burning descent into desperate lives, where every small hope is crushed by grim reality.

Directed by
Adrián Caetano, Bruno Stagnaro
Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Héctor Anglada, Jorge Sesán, Pamela Jordán
Tagline
Four friends. One city. One way out.
Overview
A couple of friends work for a taxi driver to rob his passengers, but they feel like they're getting ripped off. They decide to plan their own robberies, but they are amateurs and things don't go too well. One of the youths, Cordoba, whose girlfriend Sandra is pregnant, just wants to get enough cash so they can leave Argentina and get to Uruguay to start a new life. He and his friends plan one last robbery, but things don't go as planned.

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Directed by
Adrián Caetano, Bruno Stagnaro
Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Héctor Anglada, Jorge Sesán, Pamela Jordán
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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • politics
  • survival
  • parenthood
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • suburbs
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror2
Humour3
Realism9
Romance4
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, crime
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Héctor Anglada, Jorge Sesán, Pamela Jordán, Adrián Yospe, Daniel Di Biase, Walter Díaz, Martín Adjemián, Elena Cánepa
Cinematography
Juan Cruz Bucich, Marcelo Lavintman
Runtime
92 min
Country
Argentina
Languages
Spanish

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