Glue (2006)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Alexis Dos Santos

Writer:

Alexis Dos Santos (writer)

Release Date:

28 September 2006 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

A Teenage Story In The Middle Of Nowhere

Plot:

"A teenage summer in a small town in the desert, a dysfunctional family, a rock band, a can full of glue...

Plot Keywords:

Rock Band | Desert | Patagonia | Discovery | Alienation

Awards:

5 wins

Cast

Nahuel Pérez Biscayart	...	Lucas
Nahuel Viale	...	Nacho
Inés Efron	...	Andrea
Verónica Llinás	...	Mecha
Héctor Díaz	...	Freddy
Florencia Braier	...	Flor
Sonia Stenico	...	La amante
Los Wamos Band	...	La banda
Jimena Prieto	...	Jimena
Griselda Ojeda	...	Doctora
Rodrigo Espinoza	...	Alumno Ingles
Flavio Alexis Saddi	...	Flavio
'Astor' Escobar	...	Astor
Ángela Odetto	...	Informativo
Mariana Dos Santos	...	Madre de Andrea
Adriana Restucci	...	Fiesta - Madre
Belen Bollini	...	Fiesta - Anfitriona
Joaquin Sepulveda	...	Nino con Perro
Aaron Pugh	...	Chicos con Bombitas
Martin Saez	...	Chicos con Bombitas
Lía Bezerra	...	Chicos con Bombitas
Ivan Guzman	...	Chicos con Bombitas
Jose Monsalve	...	Chicos con Bombitas

Directed by
Alexis Dos Santos

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Alexis Dos Santos		writer

Produced by
Matías Arietto	....	assistant producer
Isabel Coixet	....	executive producer
Alexis Dos Santos	....	producer
Soledad Gatti-Pascual	....	producer
Quique Pavón Pereyra	....	associate producer
Amber Templemore-Finlayson	....	co-producer

Cinematography by
Natasha Braier

Film Editing by
Ida Bregninge
Leonardo Brzezicki
Alexis Dos Santos

Casting by
Florencia Braier
Camila Toker

Art Direction by
Nela Fasce

Costume Design by
Ana Press

Production Management
Enrique Pavón Pereyra	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Romina Guillén	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Fernando Soldevila	....	sound director
Victoria Zalokar	....	dialogue editor

Visual Effects by
Federico Beret	....	digital artist
Gonzalo Gutiérrez	....	visual effects supervisor
Sergio Pickelny	....	digital artist

Camera and Electrical Department
Natasha Braier	....	camera operator
Alexis Dos Santos	....	camera operator
Iñaki Echeberria	....	gaffer
Pedro Miguel Martínez Marino	....	first assistant camera

Production Companies

• Diablo Films
• Bureau, The
• Meteoritos

Distributors

• Picture This! Entertainment (2007) (USA) (all media)
• Picture This! Entertainment (2007) (Canada) (all media)
• Filmmuseum Distributie (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• International Film Festival Rotterdam (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical) (for)
• Salzgeber & Company Medien (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Filmfreak Distributie (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Force Entertainment (2008) (Australia) (DVD)
• Parasol Pictures Releasing (2007) (UK) (DVD)
• Tiger Releases (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Glue - Historia adolescente en medio de la nada (Argentina) (long title)

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

Argentina | UK

Language:

Spanish | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Patagonia, Argentina

Company:

Diablo Films

Trivia:

The film's script consisted of only a 17-page storyline and the majority of acting was improvised around the plot to deliver a certain level of authenticity and youthful awkwardness.

Quotes:

Lucas: What's the difference between kissing a boy or a girl? Boys have beards. Otherwise it'd be the same thing.

Wake Me When It's Over

If the point of the movie was suburban teenagers bored to distraction, then it achieved its purpose quite well. The problem with this is it also bores the viewer to distraction. Telling a story cinematically doesn't achieve its end with visual gimmicks alone like cross processed film and home movie additions without backing the story up with dialog that the viewer (those over 15 years of age) can relate to. This type of adolescent story has been done over and over again and for me, this film doesn't achieve anywhere near the rating this site has given it.

The story itself seems to meander at its own pace using the absence of dialog to set the mood. In a sense, this seems to be in step with the emotional life of teenagers where dialog is at a minimum and the expression of emotion is not fully formed. This was a realistic way of portraying the subjects and the kids did a good job of bringing this off.