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Los chantas

1975 · 124 min

A gentle, bittersweet hangout with dreamers whose schemes keep fizzling, mixing wry comedy with quiet sympathy for ordinary strivers.

Overview
Several losers living together in a Buenos Aires boarding house try to make a living while dreaming of a big life-changing score.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • ambition
  • friendship
  • greed
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
José A. Martínez Suárez
Written by
Augusto Giustozzi, José A. Martínez Suárez
Starring
Norberto Aroldi, Olinda Bozán, Alicia Bruzzo, María Concepción César, Elsa Daniel, Óscar 'Cacho' Espíndola, Juana Hidalgo, Ángel Magaña
Music
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Cinematography
Humberto Peruzzi, Aníbal Di Salvo
Runtime
124 min
Country
Argentina
Languages
Spanish

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