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SYNOPSIS
If the Minister of Planning gets out of his car, Rubén gets out of his car. If the Minister of Planning turns left, Rubén turns left. If the Minister of Planning goes to Mar del Plata, Rubén goes to Mar del Plata with him. If the Minister of Planning goes to the country club with his family for the weekend, Rubén has to go with them. If the Minister of Planning decides to rest and have a nap, Rubén has to watch the sleeping man. The Minder is a film about a job which entails replacing someone's life for another's, about the pressure this builds up and how this pressure finally explodes.

DIRECTORRodrigo Moreno
YEAR2006
STATUScompleted
FESTIVALS AWARDS2005 Sundance NHK Filmmakers Script Award
Alfred-Bauer prize 2006
Best Film & Best Script Guadalajara 2006

 
CASTJulio Chávez
Osmar Nuñez

 
CO PRODUCTION WITHRizoma Films (Argentina)
Pandora Film (Germany)
Charivari Films (France)
Ctrl-Z Films (Uruguay)
SUPPORTED BYIncaa (Argentina)
Fundacion Antorchas (Argentina)
Filmstiftung NRW (Germany)
Fonds Sud Cinema (France)
NHK (Japan)
World Cinema Fund (Germany)
Programa Ibermedia
Hubert Bals Fund (The Netherlands)
WORLD SALESThe Match Factory
GERMAN DISTRIBUTOR

 
LENGTH90 min
FORMAT35mm
SHOOTING LOCATIONBuenos Aires & Mar Del Plata (Argentina)
ORIGINAL LANGUAGESpanish

 
PRODUCERSHernan Musaluppi
Natacha Cervi
Luis Sartor
Christoph Friedel
Elise Jalladeau
Fernando Epstein
Maíz Producciones SA
WRITERSRodrigo Moreno
CASTINGGustavo Chantada / Rodrigo Moreno
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHYBárbara Alvarez
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENTLilia Scenna (Production Manager)
Juan Pablo Laplace (Assistant Director)
EDITINGNicolás Goldbart
MUSIC
SOUNDCatriel Vildosola
Alexander Weuffen (Re-recording mixer)
ART DIRECTIONGonzalo Delgado Galiana
COSTUMESAdelaida Rodriguez Puig
MAKE UP HAIRPaula Righi

 
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