Un año sin amor (2005)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Anahí Berneri

Writers:

Anahí Berneri (writer)
Pablo Pérez (writer)
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Release Date:

24 March 2005 (Argentina)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A writer dying of AIDS searches for a cure and human interaction in the hospitals and sex clubs of Buenos Aires. |

Plot Keywords:

Writer | AIDS | Bdsm | Leather | Gay Interest

Awards:

5 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Juan Minujín	...	Pablo Pérez (as Juan Minujin)
Mimí Ardú	...	Auntie
Carlos Echevarría	...	Nicolás
Javier van de Couter	...	Martín
Omar Núñez	...	Báez
Ricardo Merkin	...	Padre
Carlos Portaluppi	...	Editor
Bárbara Lombardo	...	Julia
Ricardo Moriello	...	Juan
Daniel Cargieman	...	Hombre Casado (as Daniel Kargieman)
Juan Carlos Ricci	...	Dr. Rizzo
Verónica Pagés	...	Dra. de Guerida
Mónica Cabrera	...	Asistente Social
Cristina Arocca	...	Infectiologa (as Cristina Aroca)
Hugo Grosso	...	Richard
Gustavo Michanie	...	José Luis
Eduardo Farías	...	Ricardo
Francisco Egídio	...	Chico levante Disco
Rubén Alliot	...	Hombre major
Guillermo Piermattei	...	Luis
Pablo Pérez	...	Participante sesión leather

Directed by
Anahí Berneri

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Anahí Berneri		writer
Pablo Pérez		writer
Susana Silvestre		collaboration

Produced by
Daniel Burman	....	producer
Diego Dubcovsky	....	executive producer
Diego Dubcovsky	....	producer
Maximiliano Pelosi	....	producer
Marisol Pentz	....	assistant producer
Sebastián Ponce	....	executive producer
Sebastián Ponce	....	line producer
Walter Tejblum	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Martín Bauer
Leo García

Cinematography by
Lucio Bonelli

Film Editing by
Alex Zito

Art Direction by
Maria Eugenia Sueiro

Costume Design by
Roberta Pesci

Makeup Department
Diana Titaferantta	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Daniel Burman	....	production manager
Diego Dubcovsky	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Luis Bernardez	....	assistant director

Art Department
Sebastián Goñi	....	assistant art director
Marcela Marcolini	....	assistant art director
Luciano Rípodas	....	sets and props

Sound Department
Mario Calabrese	....	sound mixer
Javier Farina	....	sound
Mario Faucher	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Marcelo Galuzo	....	sound editor
Facundo Paco Girón	....	boom operator
Sebastian Mainoli	....	foley artist
Santiago Morone	....	boom operator
Jesica Suarez	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Soledad Abot Glenz	....	assistant camera
Lucio Bonelli	....	camera operator
Matías Carneiro	....	gaffer
Sol Levinas	....	still photographer
Juan Manuel Tizón	....	gaffer: second unit
Laura Vidal	....	assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Paula Pavone	....	assistant costume designer

Other crew
Mónica Barbero	....	continuity
Sebastián Noejovich	....	location manager
Patricia Pesch	....	production assistant
Paola Scagnet	....	production assistant

Thanks
Diego Trerotola	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• BD Cine
• Cinema Digital

Distributors

• Cinemien (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (2005) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Epicentre Films (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• Peccadillo Pictures (2005) (UK) (theatrical)
• Strand Releasing (2006) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Argentina Video Home (2005) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2005) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Force Entertainment (2007) (Australia) (DVD)
• Homescreen (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Also Known As:

A Year Without Love (UK) (USA)

Runtime:

Argentina:102 min | USA:95 min

Country:

Argentina

Language:

Spanish | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Hong Kong:III | UK:18 | Netherlands:16 | Australia:R | Argentina:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina

Company:

BD Cine

A Dimly Lit View into the Dark Life of a Dying Poet

'Un Ano sin amor' (A Year Without Love) is a brave little Argentine film by young Buenos Aires director Anahi Berneri, a film that takes a different look at people with AIDS in the era of 1996 when the AIDS cocktail was just becoming a beacon of hope suggesting that afflicted people could survive. Though some may avoid the film because of content and the world of Sadomasochism it depicts, this little low budget movie has a lot to say in a very simple fashion and deserves the attention of caring viewers.

Pablo Perez (the very fine actor Juan Minujin) is a young magazine writer/ French teacher/ poet living with AIDS (he has returned form Paris where he had been living with his lover who died of AIDS). Pablo lives with his aunt in a poor apartment supported by his distant father, and while he knows he has a disease that dooms his future, he tries to continue his life day by day with no major plans. He attempts to have a social life by advertising on the Internet for dating, but because he includes the information in his ad that he is HIV positive, he gets negligible response. When his symptoms increase and he is burdened with a constant cough and respiratory problems he visits his doctor who recommends hospitalization. Pablo does not trust the 'new meds' and refuses AZT etc. He walks the streets seeking anonymous encounters with men to satisfy his longing for physical connection and resorts to joining a sadomasochism group where he meets men who are willing to interact only on a physical level. In his loneliness he turns to his friend with the idea of publishing his diary about a man living with AIDS, yet when the book is published the results only serve to alienate his family further and he is left with nothing in a life of loneliness.

Berneri has filmed this story in the gritty reality of the hand held camera and is unafraid to show the dark side of Buenos Aires' underbelly of sadomasochism, yet he retains a degree of allowing us to 'get the idea' without dwelling on any of the activities. Juan Minujin is completely believable as Pablo and the other cast members serve their roles well, allowing us to see the people rather than the behaviors. This may be a tough little film for some but for those who appreciate cinema verite it is a fine work of art. Grady Harp