Animalada (2001)

Director:

Sergio Bizzio

Writer:

Sergio Bizzio (writer)

Release Date:

6 September 2001 (Argentina)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

A man. A sheep. It's complicated.

Plot:

When rancher Alberto meets "Fanny", a sheep on his farm, a love is born and Baa-aa-ad things begin happening. |

Plot Keywords:

One Word Title

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Carlos Roffé	...	Alberto
Christina Banegas	...	Natalie
Carolina Fal	...	Paula
Walter Quiroz	...	Gaston
José María Monje	...	Miranda
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Federico Martin Barros	...	Bailarin 1
Hilda Bernard	...	Aristocrat Lady
Sergio Boris	...	Médico 2
Silvina Bosco	...	Empleada Agncia de Turismo
Nicolás Brown	...	Joven 2
Osvaldo Burgos	...	Jorge
Horacio Embón	...	Conductor
Vilma Ferrán	...	Mamá Familia
Alejandro Fornasari	...	Enfermero 1
Facundo Galván	...	Silveyra
Alfredo Iglesias	...	Director Psiquiátrico
Roberto Jacoby	...	Efermero 2
Carlos Lanari	...	Papa Familia
Julio Marticorena	...	Médico 1
Julieta Ortega
Francisco Peterson	...	Bailarin 3
Mariano Rey	...	Bailarin 2
Guillermo Soffiantini	...	Policia 2
Rafael Spregelburd	...	Ramiro
Paolo Taramasco	...	Joven 1
Antonio Ugo	...	Policia 1

Also Known As:

Animal (International: English title)

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

Argentina

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Argentina

Company:

Vibus Producciones

Well, it IS a cute sheep.....

Alberto and his wife Natalie spend 2 months a year at their "ranch", meaning they stay in the house & get waited on by servants and are bored to death. One evening, Alberto is startled by the appearance of a sheep on their porch, and it seems to like him. The next day he's out watching the ranch hands load up sheep to take to market & he tells his handyman, Miranda, to set that sheep aside & put it in the barn.

Now, Alberto seems somewhat bored with his life, and his wife, and finds himself drawn to this sheep, who he names "Fanny". One night Alberto, uh, consummates his relationship with Fanny & becomes overly infatuated with her. Shortly afterward, Miranda, who has been out drinking with friends at a bar, and who has struck out with the ladies that evening, decides to take a shot at Fanny himself, only to have Alberto catch him at it and stop him from ever doing that (or anything else) again. And unbeknown to Alberto, his wife, returning from a friends house, witnesses both the murder & Alberto's uh, affections to Fanny and faints...and when she comes to she's gone to their children and told them what she saw, so of course, they have her committed. Miranda, who must of course be disposed of, ends up as sheep feed...baa!

Now Alberto's annoying and meddling children (Paula and Gaston) have come to stay with him a couple days, to help him through these tough times (although he is personally glad that his wife is gone & wants to be alone with Fanny), and eventually, they decide that it would be better if Fanny was taken away, which they do on the sly, because they've seen Alberto's reaction to her when she's around & think that something is off. They let Fanny loose in the middle of nowhere & of course, Alberto has followed, only to have to rescue her from some poor folks that think they found a sheep to eat, by of course, shooting them all. And Alberto's dear "can't make up their minds" children, decide to turn around & go back because they've let Fanny loose on the wrong side of a fence & don't want her to cause an accident. Of course, Gaston discovers the bodies, loses a shoe in his hurry to escape, and the shoe is eventually traced to him & off to jail he goes, etc.

This is one strange cookie of a movie, and the humor is about as dark as you can get. It's all quite well done, really, and the sheep (who is obviously trained) IS actually pretty cute, but that doesn't mean I'd ever consider...uh uh, no way. Alberto is really not that interesting of a character though, and played very low-key. I was actually expecting this to be a bit more outrageous than it was, but considering the subject matter, it's almost too tasteful. Almost. Not bad though, and a good little dark comedy. 7 out of 10.