New Argentine film turns 2001 crash on its head as the losers fight back

Record ID: 1427255

  • Title: New Argentine film turns 2001 crash on its head as the losers fight back
  • Date: 15th August 2019
  • Summary: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (AUGUST 11, 2019) (REUTERS) DIRECTOR OF "LA ODISEA DE LOS GILES / HEROIC LOSERS," SEBASTIAN BORENSZTEIN, SPEAKING AT INTERVIEW (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) DIRECTOR OF "LA ODISEA DE LOS GILES / HEROIC LOSERS," SEBASTIAN BORENSZTEIN, SAYING: "What it's about is this group of neighbors who decide to take the bull by the horns because they know that nobody is going to do anything for them. So, nobody is going to do anything for them, both when the impoverished economy of this small town recovers, and nobody is going to do anything for them when they protest to get back what was stolen from them."
  • Embargoed: 29th August 2019 17:08
  • Keywords: film movie Argentina Argentine director Sebastian Borensztein La Odisea de los Giles Heroic Losers
  • Location: BUENOS AIRES / UNIDENTIFIED LOCATIONS, ARGENTINA
  • City: BUENOS AIRES / UNIDENTIFIED LOCATIONS, ARGENTINA
  • Country: Argentina
  • Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment,Film,Editors' Choice
  • Reuters ID: LVA002ASBW7CZ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: A group of neighbors in a small town in the Argentine countryside who were swindled during the economic crisis of 2001 embark on an adventure to accomplish what millions of Argentines would have loved to have done: get back the money they feel was robbed from them.
    That is the theme of the new film, "Heroic Losers" or "La Odisea de los Giles" in Spanish, by director Sebastian Borensztein, a sort of fictional vindication for all those fleeced during the 2001 crisis when the government imposed measures preventing citizens from accessing money they had saved in banks leading to massive protests.
    In the film, a diverse group of locals with differing politics puts their savings together to bring back a closed granary in an attempt to get through the crisis. But the group is defrauded by a lawyer and a bank manager and end up losing everything.
    The film, a drama with a strong sense of humor led by a star-studded cast including Ricardo Darin and his son Chino, debuts Thursday (August 15) in Argentina.
    "Heroic Losers" is based on a novel by Argentine author Eduardo Sacheri called "La Noche de la Usina," or "The Night of the Heroic Losers," in English.
    (Production: Horacio Soria, Lucila Sigal)
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