Abzurdah

For the book, see Abzurdah (book).

Abzurdah
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Daniela Goggi
Screenplay by	Alejandro Montiel Daniela Goggi Alberto Rojas Apel
Based on	Abzurdah by Cielo Latini
Produced by	Franco Vilche
Starring	Eugenia China Suárez Esteban Lamothe Gloria Carrá Rafael Spregelburd Paula Kohan Fernando Dente Zoe Hochbaum
Cinematography	Sol Lopatín
Edited by	Alberto Ponce
Music by	Juan Blas Caballero
Production companies	MyS Producción HC Films Telefe Control Media Stadium Fénix Contenidos Audiovisuales
Distributed by	Buena Vista International
Release date	4 June 2015 (2015-06-04) (Argentina)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Argentina
Language	Spanish
Box office	$5 million

Abzurdah is a 2015 Argentine biographical drama film directed by Daniela Goggi, based on the autobiographical novel of the same name by Cielo Latini. The film stars Eugenia China Suárez and Esteban Lamothe.

Premise

Cielo is a teenage student from the city of La Plata who meets Alejo, a man ten years older than her, a native of Avellaneda, with whom she begins a relationship and falls madly in love. Submerged in a superficial environment, without friends and in an adult world that understands little of the adolescent universe, the relationship becomes an obsession for Cielo, a loquacious, incisive and dizzying narrator, who leads us through a history of unrequited love where the option to stop eating becomes the illusion of a perfect life. But then, it shows how Cielo managed to heal and find happiness.

Cast

• Eugenia China Suárez as Cielo Latini
• Esteban Lamothe as Alejo
• Gloria Carrá as Miriam
• Rafael Spregelburd as Eduardo
• Paula Kohan as Romina
• Tomás Ottaviano as Federico
• Malena Sánchez as Pilar
• Fernando Dente as Lucas
• Zoe Hochbaum as

Reception

Critical response

Abzurdah received mixed reviews from specialized critics. Javier Porta Fouz from the newspaper La Nación said in his review of the film: "We are dealing with a character that exists, which is clearly, that is imposed in situations that intensify but do not end up putting together a story with tension or with special fluency." In addition, Juan Pablo Cinelli of the newspaper Página 12 said, "A film that can be compared to a handful of sand: blunt, rough and abundant at the beginning, but as the story progresses it can not avoid slipping slowly between the fingers." On the other hand, Horacio Bilbao of the Clarín newspaper adds, "The promissory debut of China Suárez [...] and the rarefied love story that accentuates its crisis, allows Daniela Goggi (fundamental to direct a woman) to escape of the calculation of marketing."

More generally, Ezequiel Boetti from the Other Cinema site said: "It is true that cinema is not a question of intentions but of concrete results in the form of images and sounds captured on the screen, but it is impossible to approach Abzurdah without thinking that could have been a much better movie than it finally is."

Box office

The film in Argentina was an absolute success at the box office. The day of its premiere was seen by more than 30,000 spectators on 122 screens. Just a week after its premiere, it was seen by more than 240,000 spectators, being first in the national box office and becoming the best national opening of the first semester of 2015. At the moment, the film has been seen by more than 784,717 people.

Home video

The film was released on home video on 28 October 2015 in Argentina. It was edited by SP Films and distributed by Blu Shine SRL. Its special features include Spanish 5.1 audio, wide-screen screen, subtitles in English and Spanish and region 1 and 4. The DVD includes as extras the teaser, the trailer, the film's video clip and making-of.

In February 2017, always in his native country, Transeuropa reissued and released the film with the same characteristics of the previous DVD, except that it does not include the teaser as an extra.

External links

• Abzurdah at IMDb
• Abzurdah at Cinenacional.com (in Spanish)