Chinese Take-Out (2011) Un cuento chino (original title)

Director:

Sebastián Borensztein

Writer:

Sebastián Borensztein (written by)

Release Date:

24 March 2011 (Argentina)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

In Buenos Aires, the bitter and methodic Roberto is a lonely man and the owner of a hardware store....

Plot Keywords:

Chinese | Argentina | Cow | Friendship | Accidental Death

Awards:

9 wins & 18 nominations

Cast

Ricardo Darín	...	Roberto
Muriel Santa Ana	...	Mari
Ignacio Huang	...	Jun
Enric Cambray	...	Roberto as a Young Man (as Enric Rodríguez)
Iván Romanelli	...	Leonel
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joaquín Bouzas	...	Cliente 2
Julia Castelló Agulló	...	Italian Lover
Gustavo Comini	...	Chofer volquete
Vivian El Javer	...	Rosa
Javier Pinto	...	Italian Lover
Derli Prada	...	Proveedor 1
Pablo Seijo	...	Cliente 1

Directed by
Sebastián Borensztein

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Sebastián Borensztein		written by

Produced by
Daniela Alvarado	....	delegate producer
Mariela Besuievski	....	executive producer
Pablo Bossi	....	producer
Juan Pablo Buscarini	....	producer
Isabel García Peralta	....	co-producer
Josean Gómez	....	line producer
Gerardo Herrero	....	producer
Axel Kuschevatzky	....	producer
Marcelo La Torre	....	line producer
Carlos Mentasti	....	associate producer
Ben Odell	....	producer

Original Music by
Lucio Godoy		(original music by)

Cinematography by
Rolo Pulpeiro

Film Editing by
Pablo Barbieri Carrera
Fernando Pardo

Art Direction by
Laura Musso

Set Decoration by
Laura Musso

Makeup Department
Kenyar Padilla	....	hair stylist
Lucila Robirosa	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Daniel Martínez	....	post-production manager
Maria Vacas	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Angie Paul	....	second assistant director
Jaume Quiles	....	second assistant director
Maria Alejandra Uz	....	assistant director

Art Department
Ángel Sarrión	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Vicente D'Elia	....	sound mixer
Eduardo Esquide	....	sound
Diego Garrido	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mario González	....	mixer assistant
Sergio González	....	assistant sound editor
Felix Rost	....	adr recordist
Carlos Schmukler	....	supervising sound editor
Ricardo Viñas	....	dolby sound consultant

Visual Effects by
Patricio Barreiro	....	digital compositor
Juan Jose Elias	....	visual effects supervisor
Pablo F. Molina	....	visual effects artist
Mariela Nussembaum	....	compositor
Ferran Piquer	....	digital intermediate supervisor
Alejandro Valente	....	post production director
Alejandro Valente	....	visual effects supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department
Fernando Blanc	....	focus puller
Miguel Caram	....	additional camera operator
Gaston Guisado	....	second camera operator
Germán Lorenzo	....	camera: making of
Sergio Piñeyro	....	gaffer
Javier Portabales	....	electrician
Jorge Tristan	....	key grip
Gustavo Triviño	....	steadicam operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Alejandra Albert	....	seamstress assistant
Angela Ortuño	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Laura Giménez	....	assistant editor
Sanchez Nerina	....	colorist
Sanchez Nerina	....	on-line editor
Nerina Sanchez	....	colorist
Nerina Sanchez	....	on-line editor

Music Department
Dario Eskenazi	....	composer: additional music

Other crew
Avelina Prat	....	script supervisor
Aitana Sánchez	....	production coordinator

Production Companies

• Aliwood Mediterráneo Producciones (in association with)
• Castafiore Films (in association with)
• Gloriamundi Films (in association with)
• Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (INCAA) (support)
• Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO) (financed by)
• Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA) (support)
• Pampa Film
• Royal Cinema Group (in association with)
• Televisión Federal (Telefe)
• Tornasol Films

Distributors

• Eurozoom (2012) (France) (theatrical)
• Feelgood Entertainment (2012) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Fidalgo Films (2012) (Norway) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2011) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Alta Classics (2011) (Spain) (all media)
• Archibald Enterprise Film (2011) (Italy) (all media)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2011) (Germany) (all media)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2011) (Switzerland) (all media)
• HBO Latin America Group (2012) (worldwide) (TV)
• New Cinema Ltd. (2010) (Israel) (all media)
• Rialto Entertainment (2011) (Australia) (all media)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2011) (Argentina) (DVD)

Also Known As:

"Un cuento chino" - Argentina (original title)
"Chinese Take-Away" - International (English title) (imdb display title)

Runtime:

Argentina:93 min

Country:

Argentina | Spain

Language:

Spanish | Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Norway:11 | France:U

Filming Locations:

Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina

Company:

Aliwood Mediterráneo Producciones

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Estrenos Críticos: El episodio que va a contrarreloj (#1.4)" (2011)

Excellent movie!

I need to say that Argentine cinema is surprising me more and more at each movie I watch. They are decades ahead of us here in Brazil. Not that we don't ever produce good works.

A rich cast and a good script makes Un cuento chino a excellent option to amuse you at any time, being you alone and sad or laughing with friends.

Trust me, the jokes and the faces are priceless. Ricardo Darín is at his best form, doing what he is best of. His character, Roberto, is an slang disturbed man. He owns a ironware store where he always counts hot many bolts are in the box, so he is not cheated. He turn off the lights every day at 23 pm, etc. One day he is sitting there near the airport, watching the planes takin' off, drinking his beer when this china is thrown off a moving cab. Roberto decide to help the poor boy and, since then, their lives will suffer some changes.