Tetro (2009)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Francis Ford Coppola

Writer:

Francis Ford Coppola (written by)

Release Date:

26 June 2009 (Spain)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Tagline:

Every Family Has a Secret

Plot:

Bennie travels to Buenos Aires to find his long-missing older brother, a once-promising writer who is now a remnant of his former self. Bennie's discovery of his brother's near-finished play might hold the answer to understanding their shared past and renewing their bond.

Plot Keywords:

Writer | Play | Conductor | Success | Hit By Car

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Cast

Vincent Gallo	...	Tetro
Maribel Verdú	...	Miranda
Alden Ehrenreich	...	Bennie
Klaus Maria Brandauer	...	Carlo
Carmen Maura	...	Alone
Rodrigo De la Serna	...	Jose
Leticia Brédice	...	Josefina
Mike Amigorena	...	Abelardo
Sofía Castiglione	...	Maria Luisa
Francesca De Sapio	...	Amalia
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Adriana Mastrángelo	...	Angela
Silvia Pérez	...	Silvana
Erica Rivas	...	Ana

Directed by
Francis Ford Coppola

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Francis Ford Coppola		written by

Produced by
Francis Ford Coppola	....	producer
Anahid Nazarian	....	executive producer
Fred Roos	....	executive producer
Masa Tsuyuki	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Osvaldo Golijov

Cinematography by
Mihai Malaimare Jr.

Film Editing by
Walter Murch

Production Design by
Sebastián Orgambide

Set Decoration by
Paulina López Meyer

Costume Design by
Cecilia Monti

Makeup Department
Osvaldo Esperón	....	key hair stylist
Norberto Poli	....	makeup artist
Beata Wojtowicz	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Yousaf Bokhari	....	unit production manager: Spain
Helen Marti Donoghue	....	unit manager: Spain
Adriana Rotaru	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sol Aramburu	....	second assistant director
Roman Coppola	....	second unit director
Juan Pablo Laplace	....	first assistant director
Óscar Manero	....	second assistant director
Mariana Wainstein	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Charly Carnota	....	property master
Javier Gonzalez Duato	....	construction coordinator: Spain
Martín Libert	....	props
Luciana Quartaruolo	....	props

Sound Department
José Caldararo	....	boom operator
Sin Cohen	....	sound mix engineer
Vicente D'Elia	....	sound recordist
Bechen de Loredo	....	foley mixer
Leandro de Loredo	....	supervising sound editor
Federico Esquerro	....	sound editor
Juan Ferro	....	dialogue editor
Colin Guthrie	....	sound mix engineer
Pete Horner	....	sound re-recording mixer
Walter Murch	....	sound re-recording mixer
Francisco Pedemonte	....	assistant sound editor

Visual Effects by
Kevin Bailey	....	digital compositor
Ezequiel Borovinsky	....	visual effects
Mario Dubec	....	visual effects artist
Miro Gal	....	senior flame artist
Jan Heusler	....	digital compositor
Milos Hudec	....	data operator
Dalibor Janda	....	digital compositor
Tomas Kalhous	....	head of 2D
Tomas Kalhous	....	senior compositor
Vít Komrzy	....	visual effects producer
Petr Masek	....	digital compositor
Juan Pablo Menchon	....	visual effects
Viktor Muller	....	visual effects supervisor
Tomas Munzar	....	visual effects artist: UPP
Robert Pik	....	on set VFX assistant
Katerina Pokorova	....	visual effects coordinator (as Katerina Popelova)
Jiri Stamfest	....	matte artist
Jakub Szilvasi	....	rotoscope artist
Ryan Bozajian	....	visual effects artist (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Agustin Barrutia	....	best boy electric
Daniel Ciurleo	....	gaffer
Leonardo Hermo	....	assistant camera
Roger Martínez	....	assistant camera: Spain
Miguel Rivarola	....	electrician
Massimo Ruggieri	....	assistant camera
Alicia Schemper	....	still photographer
Cacho Velez	....	key grip

Casting Department
Walter Rippell	....	casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Gabriela Minzi	....	costumer
Mariela Rossi	....	costumer
Verónica Scheliemann	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Ezequiel Borovinsky	....	assistant editor
Juan Pablo Menchon	....	assistant editor
Walter Slater Murch	....	associate editor
Jim Passon	....	color timer (uncredited)

Music Department
Jeremy Flower	....	music editor
Lev Zhurbin	....	orchestrator

Other crew
Nuria Martín Chucrel	....	production assistant: Spain
Guillermo Flórez Muñiz	....	production assistant: Spain
Adam Frost	....	production assistant
Fabian Gabelli	....	animal wrangler
Matías Goldberg	....	production assistant
Sebastian Goldberg	....	production assistant
Asia Jarzyna	....	production coordinator: Spain
Ariadna Kramarz	....	production secretary
Carolina Krasñansky	....	post production coordinator
Joaquina Llambias	....	location manager
Amilcar Machado	....	production assistant
Virginia Maillo	....	assistant: director
Paula Massa	....	production coordinator
James T. Mockoski	....	film archivist
Chloe Nataf	....	production secretary
Federico Noejovich	....	location manager
Luciana Olmedo-Wehitt	....	production assistant
Fernando Salem	....	production assistant
Kathleen Talbert	....	unit publicist

Production Companies

• American Zoetrope
• BIM Distribuzione
• Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (INCAA) (participation)
• Tornasol Films
• Zoetropa

Distributors

• American Zoetrope (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• BIM Distribuzione (2009) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Alta Films (2009) (Spain) (all media)

Special Effects

• Universal Production Partners (UPP)
• Wanka Cine & Animacion

Other Companies

• DeLuxe Laboratories  color lab
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Talbert Communications  publicity

Runtime:

127 min

Country:

USA | Italy | Spain | Argentina

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color | Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Filming Locations:

Argentina

Company:

American Zoetrope

Trivia:

In September 2007, thieves broke into Francis Ford Coppola's home studio in Buenos Aires and stole all the electronics, including his computer with the film's script.

Quotes:

[from trailer]
Miranda: [about Tetro] When I met him, he said he was a writer. He held everything he ever wrote against his chest.

Movie Connections:

References The Red Shoes (1948)

The Re-Awakening Of The Giant

Enthralling, captivating. Buenos Aires, maybe? Black and White scope mostly, the limpid soul and devastating smile of Alden Ehrenreich. Coppola enjoys his freedom and so do we. At the base of it all, a juicy melodrama but the master flies over it with a tireless, youthful zest. Vincent Gallo seem a bit of an odd choice to play the title role and in fact I just found out that Matt Dillon was supposed to have played it. It certainly would have added up the romanticism and the sensuality that runs through it but, never mind. Alden Ehrenreich as Bennie is, quite simply, fantastic. Maribel Verdu another stand out as Tetro's loving if long suffering companion. Karl Maria Brandauer is horribly perfect, a character that emanates the kind of debauchery fame and rotten ego can provide. "There is room for just one genius in this family" I saw the film last night and it hasn't left me for a moment. I can't wait to see it again.