Diario para un cuento

1h 36m 1998

Brief Synopsis

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Ernest, multilingual Elias is a budding novelist who quates Keats and ekes out a living as a translator along the seedy docklands of 1952 Buenos Aires. He's sleeping with the well-off Susana who tries to further his career by taking him to bourgeois soirees. But Elias is more interested in translat

Cast & Crew

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Jana Bokova

Director

German Palacios

Elias

Ines Estevez

Susana

Enrique Pinti

Tito

Ingrid Pelicori

Marucha

Hector Alterio

Pablo

Film Details

Also Known As
Diary for a Story
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Period
Release Date
1998
Location
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 36m

Synopsis

Ernest, multilingual Elias is a budding novelist who quates Keats and ekes out a living as a translator along the seedy docklands of 1952 Buenos Aires. He's sleeping with the well-off Susana who tries to further his career by taking him to bourgeois soirees. But Elias is more interested in translating letters from foreign boyfriends of illiterate prostitutes who work out of the Black Cat nightclub, oftentimes using his writing talents to change their words of heartbreak or betrayal into psalms of love and affection. Elias makes friends with an elderly communist who is still wanted by the police and slowly becomes attracted to the streetwise, straight-talking Anabel. The pace quickens with the arrival of Anabel's sailor boyfriend and Elias' realisation that the Black Cat is actually more than it seems.

Director

Jana Bokova

Director

Cast

German Palacios

Elias

Ines Estevez

Susana

Enrique Pinti

Tito

Ingrid Pelicori

Marucha

Hector Alterio

Pablo

Elvira Minguez

Dolly

Martin Pavlovsky

Bruno

Gregory Dayton

William

Vando Villamil

Recca

Nancy Duplaa

Paola

Claudia Schijman

Irma

Patricia Browne

Irene

Graciela Tenembaum

Margot

Agatha Fresco

Diana

Gustavo Moro

Luciano

Harry Havilio

Muchnik

Oscar Alegre

Clementi

Gustavo Palomino

Freddy

Jose Maia Marino

Commissaire

Angelica Gartner

Femme Cocktail

Gabriel Correa

Policier Caberet

Eduardo Wigutow

Provincial

Marta Silva

Madame Diaz

Lucas Oro

Cholo

David Sznek

Ecrivain

Carlos Lanari

Prostituee

Rodolfo Mederos

Bandoneoniste

Ignacio Varchausky

Contrebassiste

Armando De La Vega

Guitariste

Jose Wyszogrod

Violoniste

Graciela Tenenbaum

Elvira Mfnguez

Crew

Carlos Abbate

Sound Editor

Bet Acevedo

Special Effects

Antonio Agri

Musician

Hector Alvarez

Electrician

Maria Luz Aristimino

Assistant Production Accountant

Ricardo Avelluto

Unit Manager

Peter Baleani

Sound Mixer

Hector Belvedere

Negative Cutter

Hector Belvedere

Film Lab

Jorge Bergero

Musician

Jana Bokova

Screenwriter

Silvio Bonda

Electrician

Laura Bua

Synchronizer

Ruben Buelta

Sound Effects

Eduardo Cabrera

Driver

Silvia Carballo

Assistant Art Director

Christian Charret

Other

Pierre Chevalier

Associate

Juan Carlos Cillar

Title Designer

Christian Clur

Assistant Production Accountant

Oscar Colombo

Thanks

Oscar Colombo

Key Hair Stylist

Sofia Condisclani

Assistant Production Accountant

Javier Correa

Assistant Editor

Julio Cortazar

Based On Story ("Diario Para Un Cuento")

Jose Cortes

Grip

Alejandro Cuevas

Props

Sandra D'aboville

Other

Coco De Eugenia

Thanks

Armando De La Vega

Musician

Perfecto De San José

Studio Sound Engineer

Oscar Del Priore

Special Thanks

Abbate Diaz

Sound

Modesto Diminutto

Boom Operator

Santiago Elder

Art Direction

Patricia Enis

Assistant Editor

Alejandro Equia

Special Effects

Ayala Fabian

Assistant Studio Sound Engineer; Sound Illustrator

Daniel Fernandez

Assistant Camera

Juan Jose Fernandez

Electrician

Gualberto Ferrari

Screenwriter

Gualberto Ferrari

Assistant Director

Agustin Ferrero

Security Officer

Jan Fleischer

Screenwriter

Daniel Garin

Film Lab

Daniel Garin

Negative Cutter

Gabriel Gibot

Production Assistant

Juan Gonzalez

Driver

Elena Gowland

Dialogue Coach

Maria Gowland

Script Supervisor

Paula Hernandez

Assistant Director

Hernando Kerps

Driver

Pablo Kompel

Producer

Ruben Korenfeld

Executive

Oxana Ruster Kovalenko

Makeup Artist

Sara Kramarz

Other

Marcelo Lago

Sound Editor

Adriana Sandra Laham

Unit Location Manager

Adriana Sandra Laham

Production Design

Adriana Sandra Laham

Art Direction

Juan Pablo Laplace

Production Manager

Rosita Lazo

Thanks

Marcelo Leon

Driver

Ruben Lobo

Musician

Armando Lonati

Transportation

Gustavo Lopez

Legal Advisor

Nicolas Lopez

Assistant Production Manager

Lucrecia Martin

Assistant Art Director

Alfredo Mayo

Camera Operator

Alfredo Mayo

Director Of Photography

Rudolfo Mederos

Music

Leslie Megahey

Original Adaptation

Leslie Megahey

Screenplay

Lucrecia Melber

Wardrobe

Lucrecia Melber

Assistant Costume Designer

Jorge Mendez Avalos

Production Accountant

Carolina Merea

Assistant Costume Designer

Patricia Oyuela

Assistant Director

Marina Peralta Ramos

Other

Pablo Perez Gimenez

Extras Casting

Carlos Piris

Music Recording And Mixing

Mariana Polsky

Costume Design

Sebastian Puenzo

Other

Claudio Pustelnik

Associate

Hugo Quiril

Stage Co-Ordinator

Karina Rabolini

Thanks

Maria Paula Riquelme

Production Accountant

Sergio Rivas

Musician

Sebastian Roses

Assistant Costume Designer

Diego Rousseaux

Still Photographer

Carlos Saavedra

Electrician

Marcela Sáenz

Editor

Ruben Santeiro

Sound Effects

Luis A Sartor

Production Manager

Oscar Serrano

Musician

Alvaro Silva Wuth

Assistant Studio Sound Engineer

Julio Soreire

Electrician

Stephane Sorlat

Associate

Luciano Specos

Assistant Studio Sound Engineer

Ignacio Spuhler

Special Effects

Patricia Tantakovsky

Production Coordinator

Jorge Torres

Grip

Etelvina Veron

Hair Stylist

Marcelo Villar

Title Designer

Alejandro Virginillo

Assistant Director

Beata Wojtowicz

Makeup Artist

Christian Zarate

Musician

Santiago Zuazo

Other

Beltran Zuberbuller

Production Assistant

Film Details

Also Known As
Diary for a Story
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Period
Release Date
1998
Location
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 36m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States 1998

Released in United States 2000

Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (Global Views) April 20 - May 4, 2000.

Released in United States 1998

Released in United States 2000 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (Global Views) April 20 - May 4, 2000.)

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