Paco (film)

Paco
Directed by Diego Rafecas
Produced by Francisco Cañada
Juan Pablo Miller
Ricardo Parada
Leonardo Polesel
Written by Diego Rafecas
Starring Tomás Fonzi
Norma Aleandro
Luis Luque
Esther Goris
Romina Ricci
Sofía Gala Castiglione
Juan Palomino
Cinematography Marcelo Iaccarino
Edited by Marcela Sáenz
Release dates
  • October 25, 2009 (2009-10-25) (Valladolid International Film Festival)
  • March 18, 2010 (2010-03-18) (Argentina)
Running time
128 minutes
Country Argentine
Language Spanish

Paco is a 2009 Argentine drama film written and directed by Diego Rafecas, an Argentinian film director. The film was shot in Buenos Aires and South Africa.[1]

Plot

The film is named after the protagonist Francisco Black aka "Paco" (Tomás Fonzi), a college student who starts using cocaine paste, a cocaine byproduct known as "paco".

Son of a senator, Francisco falls in love with a cleaning worker. He follows her into Buenos Aires' underworld only to find that his girlfriend has committed suicide after accepting to prostitute herself in exchange for drugs. Seeking revenge, Francisco places a bomb in the drug factory murdering several innocents. As a result of being accused of terrorism charges, his mother uses his influences to try to exculpate him, but she is forced to confine him in a detox clinic, where Francisco finds a bunch of lost souls.[1]

Reviews

Variety has called the film «an emotive character-driven rehab drama with a strong ensemble cast».[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "'Paco', un callejón con salida". El Mundo (in Spanish). 25 October 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  2. Hopewell, John (26 October 2009). "Valladolid reflects European trends". Variety. Retrieved 6 December 2012.

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