Chico (film)

Chico is a 2001 Hungarian movie about the life of Eduardo Rózsa Flores.

Chico
Directed byIbolya Fekete
Written byIbolya Fekete
StarringEduardo Rózsa Flores
CinematographyMátyás Erdély
Antonio Farías
Nyika Jancsó
Edited byAnna Kornis
Production
company
Arte
Hunnia Filmstúdió
Maxima Film Compagnia Cinematografica
Roos Film
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
Distributed byHunnia Filmstúdió (all media)
Maxima Film (all media)
ZDF Enterprises (all media)
Release date
17 January 2002 (Hungary)
Running time
112 mins.
CountryGermany
Croatia
Hungary
Chile
LanguageSpanish
Hungarian
Croatian
English

Plot

The protagonist is a man who was born in Bolivia to a Hungarian immigrant. His family fled to Chile after a coup in Bolivia, and remained in Chile until the 1973 coup, after which they fled to Hungary. After coming of age in Hungary, Chico witnesses the Yugoslav wars in the 1990s.

Production

The Croatian Ministry of Defence subsidized the production of the movie.[1] Several Croatian actors had a part in the movie.[2]

Reception

At the 36th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, the film was nominated for the Crystal Globe and Ibolya Fekete won the Best Director Award for it.[3][2]

References

  1. Ponoš, Tihomir (4 January 2011). "Bolivijski predsjednik Morales htio tužiti Hrvatsku zbog Chica" (in Croatian). Novi list. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  2. Premec, Tina (17 April 2009). "'Zaljubio se u rakiju i kulen'" (in Croatian). Jutarnji list. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  3. "History - 36th festival". kviff.com. Retrieved 23 March 2018.


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