Moebius (1996)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Gustavo Mosquera R.

Writers:

Pedro Cristiani (writer) &
Gabriel Lifschitz (writer) ...

Release Date:

17 October 1996 (Argentina)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Plot:

A train on the Buenos Aires subway system suddenly vanishes.

Plot Keywords:

Train | Subway | Underground | Mathematics | Based On Short Story

Awards:

7 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Guillermo Angelelli	...	Daniel Pratt
Roberto Carnaghi	...	Marcos Biasi
Annabella Levy	...	Abril
Jorge Petraglia	...	Mistein
Miguel Ángel Paludi	...	Aguirre
Fernando Llosa	...	Nazar
Martín Adjemián	...	Canotti
Daniel Di Biase	...	Kenn (as Daniel Dibiase)
Jean Pierre Reguerraz	...	Deckes
Martín Pavlovsky	...	Conductor 101
Felipe Méndez	...	Jefe de Trasbordos
Fernando Cia	...	Figas
Osvaldo Santoro	...	Vega
Horacio Roca	...	Edmundo
Nora Zinsky	...	Profesora

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

Argentina

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Austria:6 | Chile:TE | Germany:6 | Italy:T | Singapore:PG | Spain:7

Filming Locations:

Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina

Company:

Universidad del Cine

Goofs:

Continuity: When Pratt is running from the train, the shape of the tunnel changes from one shot to the next.

Movie Connections:

Remade as Moebius 17 (2005)

Innovative, fascinating, challenging

I saw this film at the New Directors/New Films festival in New York a couple of years ago. I've never seen anything quite like it! It's not quite science-fiction, yet it's as off-the-wall and fantastic as any conventional sci-fi flick. You know you're in for a new type of experience when a film's hero is the practitioner of an obscure branch of mathematics.

Any description of the plot would only diminish it. It's astonishing to think that this was basically a student project. Someone has to get this film released onto videotape fast, so that more people can get the opportunity to enjoy its metaphysical pleasures....