By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Gabriel Medina
Starring: Daniel Hendler | Jazmin Stuart | Walter Jakob
Country: argentina
Year: 2008
Running time: 105
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1178654/
Beth says: “About a sadsack of an Argentinian writer with writer’s block who finds out that, thanks to a longtime ‘friend’, he is famous in Spain as the quirky leading character in a hit TV show called The Paranoids…a character that shares his exact name. The friend comes back to get an Argentine version of the show underway, girlfriend in tow, and our writer has a chance to put his foot down. Question is, does he take it? The director’s real life was the inspiration for the film – the director’s best friend
really did base a TV show’s leading character on him. No wonder Daniel Hendler, in the lead role, did such a great job in being so specific in his portrayal! The film is funny and appealing and heartfelt, and as an added bonus the soundtrack is fantastic. 4 cats”