Samy y yo (2002)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Eduardo Milewicz

Writers:

Carmen López-Areal (writer)
Eduardo Milewicz (writer)

Release Date:

11 July 2002 (Argentina)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Romance

Plot Keywords:

Cepeda | Television | Character Name In Title

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Ricardo Darín	...	Samy
Angie Cepeda	...	Mary
Christina Banegas	...	Laura
Alejandra Flechner	...	Esther
Henny Trayles	...	Mamá de Samy
Alejandra Darín	...	Débora (Hermana de Samy)
Carolina Pelleritti	...	Ofelia
Rita Cortese	...	Liliana
Roberto Pettinato	...	Animador de TV
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Norberto Arcusín	...	Taxista
Fernando Brun	...	Sastre
Juan Capizzano	...	Hijo de Mary
Nicolás Carreño	...	Hijo Paranoico
Osvaldo Drat	...	Padre Paranoico
Pochi Ducasse	...	Viejita almacén
Gabriel Eisbruch	...	Chico Bar Mitzvah
Alejandra Fernández	...	Fan de Samy
Rolando Graña	...	Notero
Miguel Guerberof	...	Ricardo Papito Patiño
Hernán Jiménez	...	Chico delivery
Gabriel Kraisman	...	Asistente Dirección T.V.
Cecilia Labourt	...	Mujer del bar
Graciela Lauro	...	Maquilladora
Héctor Malamud	...	Papá de Samy
Eduardo Milewicz	...	Taxista
Néstor Montalbano	...	Director T.V.
Agostina Mottola	...	Débora Niña
Lucrecia Pinto	...	Notera 2
Juan Carlos Ricci	...	Hombre Depresivo
Fabián Talín	...	Cliente sastrería
Juan Manuel Viscay	...	Samy Niño

Also Known As:

Sammy and Me (International: English title)

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

Argentina

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Peru:PT | Spain:T

Filming Locations:

Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina

Company:

Bulevares Producciones

Quotes:

La madre de Samy: Con él siempre fue así, tiene problemas. En segundo grado del shule, tenía que hacer de abeja, y no sabía cómo mover las alitas... ¡Abeja reina! ¡La más importante de todas! Oportunidades tuvo en la vida, no las supo aprovechar...^Ô

Neurotic and paranoid hero is discovered by television.

Ricardo Darin, one of the best actors that emerged from Argentina in the last decade, deserved much better than this comedy, that will not add anything to his resume, or career.

The basic problem lays on the weak screen play that director Eduardo Milewicz and his co-writer, Carmen Lopez-Areal, concocted as a vehicle for Mr. Darin. We are asked to believe this burned-out television writer, and aspiring novelist, is worthy of a full length feature.

As a comedy, the film is not as funny as it might have seemed in the written page. Ricardo Darin tries to give Samy something the poor loser is lacking of, but doesn't succeed. The ebullient Angie Cepeda is seen as Mary, the woman who makes a popular hero out of Samy. The writers asks us to believe that this neurotic man, a product of the local television, doesn't see how he has been manipulated by Mary in believing he became popular on his own merits.

While the film is by no means, a failure, the promise of a funny movie is not to be found in it. Better luck next time Mr. Darin.