Tony Manero

Resource Information

The work Tony Manero represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Tony Manero

Statement of responsibility

Fabula ; Prodigital presentan ; un pelicula de Pablo Larraín ; guión, Pablo Larraín, Alfredo Castro, Mateo Iribarren ; prodorida por Juan de Dios Larraín ; dirigida por Pablo Larraín

Contributor

• Larraín, Pablo
• Larraín, Juan de Dios
• Lattus, Paola
• Maluenda, Enrique
• Iribarren, Mateo
• Morales, Héctor
• Castro, Alfredo
• Mosso, Nicolás
• Prodigital (Firm)
• Lorber Films (Firm)
• Noguera, Amparo, 1965-
• Fábula (Firm)
• Poblete, Elsa

Actor

• Maluenda, Enrique
• Morales, Héctor
• Lattus, Paola
• Mosso, Nicolás
• Poblete, Elsa
• Noguera, Amparo, 1965-

Director

• Larraín, Pablo

Producer

• Larraín, Juan de Dios

Screenwriter

• Larraín, Pablo
• Castro, Alfredo
• Iribarren, Mateo

Subject

• Fiction films
• Foreign language films -- Spanish
• Male dancers -- Drama
• Saturday night fever (Motion picture) -- Influence -- Drama
• Celebrity impersonators -- Drama
• Chile -- Politics and government -- 1973-1988 -- Drama
• Anti-fascist movements -- Drama
• Chile -- Social conditions -- 1970- -- Drama
• Middle-aged men -- Chile | Santiago -- Psychology -- Drama
• Criminals -- Drama
• Disco dancing -- Social aspects -- Drama
• Feature films
• Feature films -- Brazil
• Feature films -- Chile

Genre

• Fiction films
• trueDrama
• Feature films
• Foreign language films

Language

• spa
• eng
• spa
• spa

Summary

Raúl Peralta, a middle-aged criminal in 1970's Chile, is obsessed with the idea of impersonating Tony Manero, John Travolta's character in Saturday Night Fever. Every Saturday evening, he unleashes his passion for the film's music by imitating his idol and leading a small group of dancers as they perform at a bar in the outskirts of the city. His dream of being recognized as a successful showbiz star is about to become a reality when a Tony Manero impersonating contest is announced on national television. However, his obsession to reproduce his idol's likeness and perfect his act drives him to commit a series of violent crimes and thefts, leading to shocking violence and murder

Cataloging source

WHP

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Cinematography, Sergio Armstrong González ; film editor, Andrea Chignoli

Language note

Spanish dialogue with optional English subtitles

PerformerNote

Alfredo Castro, Amparo Noguera, Héctor Morales, Elsa Poblete, Paola Lattus, Nicolás Mosso, Marcelo Alonso, Antonia Zegers, Marcial Tagle, Rodrigo Pérez, Enrique Maluenda

Runtime

98

Target audience

adolescent

Technique

live action