Movie
The Distinguished Citizen
Overview
After refusing big and prestigious awards all over the world, Mr. Mantovani, Literature Nobel Prize winner, accepts an invitation to visit his hometown in Argentina, which has been the inspiration for all of his books. It turns out that accepting this invitation is the worst idea of his life. Expect the unexpected when you have used real people as characters in your novels!
Details
- Release date
- 2016-09-08
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Aleph, Televisión Abierta, Arco Libre, Magma Cine, A Contracorriente Films, INCAA, TVE, Programa Ibermedia
- Country
- Argentina, Spain
- Original language
- ES
Cast
- Oscar Martínez as Daniel Mantovani
- Dady Brieva as Antonio
- Andrea Frigerio as Irene
- Belén Chavanne as Julia
- Nora Navas as Nuria
- Manuel Vicente as Intendente
- Iván Steinhardt as Romero's Henchman #2
- Marcelo D'Andrea as Florencio Romero
- Gustavo Garzón as Gerardo Palacios
- Julián Larquier Tellarini as Conserje (as Julian Larquier)
- Emma Rivera as Emilse
- Nicolás de Tracy as Roque
Crew
- Gastón Duprat - Director
- Mariano Cohn - Director
- Andrés Duprat - Writer
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