Ay Juancito (2004)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Héctor Olivera

Writers:

José Pablo Feinmann (writer)
Héctor Olivera (writer)

Release Date:

10 June 2004 (Argentina)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Film about the life of Juan Duarte, Eva Perón's brother |

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title

Awards:

5 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Adrián Navarro	...	Juan Duarte
Inés Estévez	...	Alicia Dupont
Leticia Brédice	...	Yvonne Pascal
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Horacio Acosta	...	Capitán de Fragata
Norma Aleandro	...	Doña Juana
Norberto Arcusín	...	Actor película Niní
Alejandro Awada	...	Héctor Cámpora
Victoría Bargues	...	Herminia Duarte
Silvina Boye	...	Secretaria Perón
Marcelo Bucossi	...	Productor de Cine
Carlos Cardone	...	Luis César Amadori
Alfredo Cernadas	...	Traductor Inglés
Oscar Cisterna	...	Ordenanza
Hugo de Bruna	...	Abuelo Obra de Teatro
Luis Ferreyra	...	Chofer de Juancito
Celina Font	...	Julia Lobos
Wolfram Hecht	...	Edecán
Regina Lamm	...	Empresaria Yanqui
Gustavo MacLennan	...	General Acevedo
Alejandra Majluf	...	Niní Marshall
Analía Malvido	...	Elisa Duarte
Jorge Marrale	...	Juan Perón
Marcelo Melingo	...	Médico Amigo
Tamara Mesri	...	Zully Moreno
Fabián Minelli	...	Ayudante película Niní
María Luz Morteo	...	Actriz Radio
Dykii Nicola	...	Traductor Ruso
Laura Novoa	...	Evita Perón
Serena Olivera	...	Nieta de Doña Juana
Enrique Otranto	...	Capitán Gandhi
Gustavo Pastorini	...	Presidence`s photographer
Natalí Pérez	...	Susana Canales
Carlos Portaluppi	...	Tucho
Atilio Pozzobon	...	El Zar del Cine
Georgina Rey	...	Amiga de Tucho
Ximena Rijel	...	Estrellita
Sandra Sandrini	...	Blanca Duarte
Sofía Senna Bengolea	...	Bailarina Cubana
Toti Stolte	...	Funcionario Presidencia
Minoru Tajima	...	Mucamo Japonés
Salvador Testa	...	Periodista Estreno
Michael Thompson	...	Cantante Cubano
Ignacio Zaldarriaga	...	Alberto Castillo

Also Known As:

Juancito (Argentina) (working title)

Runtime:

Argentina:115 min

Country:

Argentina

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina

Company:

Aries Cinematográfica Argentina

Ay Olivera...

Gee, I don't know... why do I not like this movie? There are so many reasons, and none of them is good enough to hate the movie but the sum of them is quite disappointing.

First of all, the main actor is just awful. I haven't seen him in any other movie and, judging by this one, I won't see him again. Why he was chosen, I cannot imagine. Leticia Brédice is not that great either, but that does not surprise me anymore. Anyway, her character is not very good. The story is not amazing, ends abruptly and has no suspense, which is the biggest disappointment, being Juan Duarte's story so surrounded by mystery. Furthermore, there are some moments in which it seems just an excuse to make some remarks against Perón, Eva Perón and their government (I don't know if that's the case, but that's what I felt, even though I'm not a Perón supporter).

And most important of all: if you haven't spent enough money in your fake head, if you have a sorry plaster fake head that couldn't look human even among apes, you must NOT do a close shot of it!!! (sorry but it's true)

Well, now the good part, the part that made me give it a 5 and no less: even when I'm not old enough to have lived that times, I got the feeling that the setting was very good. Inés Estévez was absolutely great, a true diva. And Norma Aleandro was amazing as always. Alejandra Majluf, whom I never saw acting before, was quite good, I don't think she is an extraordinary actress, but somehow her part suited her perfectly, the resemblance is impressive. Marrale and Novoa had their moments. Their lines (especially her lines) are not great and their start is quite shaky, but they're fine. Nevertheless, none of them is good enough to save the movie.

Ay, Olivera, it could have been so much better...