Phase 7 (2011) Fase 7 (original title)

Director:

Nicolás Goldbart

Writer:

Nicolás Goldbart (written by)

Release Date:

13 July 2011 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

World War III knocking at your door.

Plot:

Inside a quarantined apartment building a man must protect his pregnant wife from his new neighbors. |

Plot Keywords:

Apartment Building | Neighbor | Quarantine | Pregnant Woman | Supermarket

Awards:

1 win & 5 nominations

Cast

Daniel Hendler	...	Coco
Jazmín Stuart	...	Pipi
Yayo Guridi	...	Horacio
Federico Luppi	...	Zanutto
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Carlos Bermejo	...	Guglierini
Gonzalo Urtizberéa
Abian Vainstein	...	Lange

Directed by
Nicolás Goldbart

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Nicolás Goldbart		written by

Produced by
Sebastian Aloi	....	producer
Lanfranco Pablo Burattini	....	associate producer
Tomas Elio Cohen	....	associate producer
Ricardo D'Amato	....	associate producer
Benjamin Eloi	....	associate producer
Bernard Eloli	....	associate producer
Nicolás Goldbart	....	co-executive producer
Yayo Guridi	....	associate producer
Axel Kuschevatzky	....	co-executive producer
Sebastian Perillo	....	executive producer
Hector Pines	....	associate producer
Steven Schneider	....	executive producer
Esteban Torres	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Guillermo Guareschi

Cinematography by
Lucio Bonelli

Film Editing by
Pablo Barbieri Carrera
Nicolás Goldbart

Art Direction by
Mariela Rípodas

Production Management
Pedro Dapello	....	production manager
Agustina Maruca	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gabriel Medina	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Martín Grignaschi	....	sound
Fernando Ribero	....	foley recordist
Fernando Ribero	....	sound effects editor
Florencia González Rogani	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Franco Burattini	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Alejo Varisto	....	visual effects artist

Stunts
Franco Burattini	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Mercedes Laborde	....	second assistant camera
Juan Manuel Muñoz	....	key grip

Other crew
Bob Buchholz	....	english language director
Mariano Saban	....	editor assistant

Production Companies

• Aeroplano Cine
• Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (INCAA) (support)
• Televisión Federal (Telefe) (in association with)

Distributors

• Salient Media (2011) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Argentina Video Home (2011) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2011) (Argentina) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• At Entertainment (2012) (Japan) (DVD)
• Energía Entusiasta (2011) (Argentina) (all media)
• Koch Media (2012) (Germany) (DVD)

Also Known As:

"Fase 7" - Argentina (original title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong bloody violence, and language

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

Argentina

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina

Company:

Aeroplano Cine

Movie Connections:

References "SpongeBob SquarePants" (1999)

Nice, Intriguing Plot

This exciting, low-budget Argentine film by Nicolas Goldbart revolves a young couple, Coco (Daniel Hendler) and Pipi (Jazmin Stuart) living in a small, high middle class apartment complex in present-day Buenos Aires City. Suddenly, the whole edifice where they live is under quarantine due to a strange high-mortality epidemic that affects the lungs of its victims. Thus, Coco and Pipi find themselves prisoners of their own apartment. The same goes for their colorful neighbors. All residents, the local sanitary authorities declare, must remain in their apartments until the quarantine is over. None knows how long would that be. Soon food supplies start to run short. Internet is down; so is television. Things take a turn for the worse and the disease becomes a global pandemic. Authorities everywhere –we learn-- are overwhelmed in a matter of days or perhaps weeks. As millions of thousands of people begin to die worldwide, a state of complete chaos and anarchy follows. A maximum stage alert (Phase 6) is declared by the World Health Organization. Yet things get even worse. The apartment complex mirrors society as a whole as the desperate and paranoid neighbors start making alliances and turning on each other with deadly intentions . . .