Night Watch (2005)
"Ronda nocturna" (original title)

A long night's journey into day: Victor, a street hustler in the Santa Fe and Pueyrredón neighborhoods of Buenos Aires, from the evening of November 1, All Saints Day, to the dawn of ... See full summary »

Director:

Edgardo Cozarinsky

Writer:

Edgardo Cozarinsky

Stars:

Gonzalo Heredia, Mariana Anghileri, Rafael Ferro

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Cast

Credited cast:
Gonzalo Heredia	...	Víctor
Mariana Anghileri	...	Cecilia (as Moro Anghileri)
Rafael Ferro	...	Mario
Darío Tripicchio	...	Carlitos
Gregory Dayton	...	El comisario (as Gregg Dayton)
Susana Varela	...	Florista
Román Chaploski	...	Embajador (as Roman Chiaposki)
Jana Bokova	...	Lady Cocaina
Diego Cunill	...	Muchacho impertinente
Diego Trerotola	...	Primer cliente de droga
David Solana	...	Segundo cliente
Marcelo Iglesias	...	La Thatcher
Milita Brandon	...	Señora con flores 1
Maria Bulacio	...	Señora con flores 2
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Martín Céspedes	...	Joven lector en el Bar

Storyline

A long night's journey into day: Victor, a street hustler in the Santa Fe and Pueyrredón neighborhoods of Buenos Aires, from the evening of November 1, All Saints Day, to the dawn of November 2, All Souls Day. Victor's odyssey takes him from clients to friends to a gay gym then a hotel room and an all-night café. He plays pick-up soccer with kids whose parents are going through trash or waiting in parks. A vendor gives him a chrysanthemum. It seems he's being followed, and on the night streets, death is close at hand. Can Victor survive until dawn?

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Plot Keywords:

night | street hustler | gym | all saints day | hotel | 

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Taglines:

The darkness will reveal the truth.

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

Argentina France

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

15 February 2006 (France)

Also Known As:

Night Watch

Filming Locations:

Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cine Ojo, Les Films d'Ici

Technical Specs

Runtime:

81 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Meykinof (2005)

User Reviews

(Tango:) Zero Hour

Wearing a spotless white shirt and incessantly looking for clients to sell his body or drugs to, Victor strolls through the nights of Buenos Aires, vibrating city it appears to be. "Ronda Nocturna" follows this taxi boy's truly hallucinating trip on All Souls' night. Only a couple of (near imperceptible) slow motions slow down Victor's march.

Backed by Cine Ojo, a production house specialised in documentaries, writer-director Edgardo Cozarinsky tidily portrays Victor and his natural habitat, outcasts of a society that itself is on the edge. Avoiding demagogy or political discourse, Cozarinsky shows the state his native country is in. But not without losing his sense of humour! A hilarious scene in a luxurious building depicts a diplomat, accompanied by a harem of rent boys, who is complaining to a peer about the allowance he is supposed to live on in Switzerland. And of course there is the unforgettable one-night stand with Margaret Thatcher!

But Cozarinsky's major achievement is the subtlety with which he manages to slip a magic atmosphere in this raw-realist character study. Bizarre acts of love, dealing more with Thanatos than with Eros, make Victor doubt. Like vampires, lovers with scars hunger after their beloved. When the November 1st calendar paper is ripped off, the surreal night goes into its final lane. An encounter with an old sweetheart (an impressive Moro Anghileri) confronts Victor with his past –his late youth in the country. He realises that his body is not meant for the things he does with it. At dawn, Victor is a changed man.