Bad Day to Go Fishing

2009

Bad Day to Go Fishing (original title, Mal día para pescar) is a Spanish-Uruguayan film directed by Álvaro Brechner and released in 2009. The film stars Gary Piquer, Jouko Ahola, Antonella Costa and Cesar Troncoso. It was screened as part of the official selection of the Critics Week at 2009 Cannes Film Festival.

The screenplay was written by Álvaro Brechner in collaboration with Gary Piquer, and was adapted from a short story by the Uruguayan writer Juan Carlos Onetti.

The film tells the story of a strongman and his crafty manager, who tour small South American towns staging wrestling matches. Arriving in Santa Maria, they are met with uncommon enthusiasm by the locals, snowballing into a major challenge to their livelihood and their friendship.

Jacob van Oppen, an East German who is the former strongest man on earth, and his manager Orsini, a scrawny yet dapper businessman who calls himself "the Prince," makes a good living by travelling around small South American towns and organizing wrestling exhibitions in run-down theaters. Jacob van Oppen is an uncontrollable titan of impressive dimensions who can only be appeased by the soft soothing melody of "Lili Marleen." Once this oddball pair disembark at the village of Santa Maria (in an unspecified country), business really kicks off: the local newspaper is immediately gung-ho on sponsoring the fight, helping hands placard posters announcing the big event and putting an open call for a worthy adversary. Ever so resourceful, Orsini knows how to find the right combatant, but fishing in Santa Maria could lead to a bigger catch than he'd hoped for... Although the cunning editor of the local newspaper is convinced to have sniffed out Orsini's secret, he very well might be on a false track...

Bad Day to Go Fishing premiered at the Critic's Week of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.

It was the Uruguayan candidate for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

The film won several international awards and has participated in many prestigious film festivals such as 26th Warsaw International Film Festival (Best Film Free Spirit Comp.), Montreal World Film Festival, Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (Best Film Opera Prima), Mar del Plata Film Festival (Best Actor), Moscow International Film Festival, Shanghai International Film Festival, Austin (Best Film & Audience Award), Brooklyn (Best Director), Sofia International Film Festival (Best Film Fipresci), São Paulo, Busan International Film Festival and Palm Springs International Film Festival.

The film won 10 Uruguay Fipresci Critics Awards, including Best Film, Best International Film Debut, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actor and got nominated for Best Film, Best Screenplay and Best Actor by the Spanish Critics (CEC).

Quelle: Wikipedia(englisch)
Kinostart:2009
weitere Titel:
Sale temps pour les pêcheurs
Mal día para pescar fi
Bad Day to Go Fishing
Плохой день для рыбалки
Bad day to go fishing
Mal Día Para Pescarcy
Mal Día para Pescar
Genre:Filmdrama
Herstellungsland:Uruguay, Spanien
Originalsprache:Spanisch
Farbe:Farbe
IMDB: 1267
Verleih:Netflix
Offizielle Webseite:www.maldiaparapescar.com
Regie:Álvaro Brechner
Drehbuch:Álvaro Brechner
Kamera:Álvaro Gutiérrez
Schnitt:Teresa Font
Produzent:Álvaro Brechner
Darsteller:Jouko Ahola
Antonella Costa
César Troncoso
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2011
Aubagne International Film Festival
Special Mention
Best Screenplay - Feature Film
Gewinner
2011
Austin International Film Festival of the Americas
Jury Award
Best Feature Film
Gewinner
2010
Austin International Film Festival of the Americas
Audience Award
Narrative Feature
Gewinner
2010
Brooklyn Film Festival
Festival Award
Best Diverse Filmmaker
Gewinner
2010
Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival
Jury Award
Best First Film
Gewinner
2010
Sofia International Film Festival
FIPRESCI Prize
Gewinner
2010
Toulouse Cinespaña
Best Screenplay
Gewinner
2010
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
CEC Award
Best Film (Mejor Película)
Nominiert
2010
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
CEC Award
Best Actor (Mejor Actor)
Nominiert
2010
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
CEC Award
Best Screenplay, Adapted (Mejor Guión Adaptado)
Nominiert
2010
Toulouse Cinespaña
Violette d'Or
Nominiert
2009
Gijón International Film Festival
Best Art Direction
Gewinner
2009
Lima Latin American Film Festival
Best Screenplay
Gewinner
2009
Mar del Plata Film Festival
Best Actor
Gewinner
2009
Uruguayan Film Critics Association
UFCA Award
Best First Work
Gewinner
2009
Uruguayan Film Critics Association
UFCA Award
Best Uruguayan Film
Gewinner
2009
Uruguayan Film Critics Association
UFCA Award
Best Actor
Gewinner
2009
Uruguayan Film Critics Association
UFCA Award
Best Screenplay
Gewinner
2009
Uruguayan Film Critics Association
UFCA Award
Best Photography
Gewinner
2009
Uruguayan Film Critics Association
UFCA Award
Best Art Direction
Gewinner
2009
Uruguayan Film Critics Association
UFCA Award
Best Director
Gewinner
2009
Uruguayan Film Critics Association
UFCA Award
Best Sound
Gewinner
2009
Warschauer International Film Festival
Free Spirit Award
Gewinner
2009
Cannes Film Festival
Golden Camera
Nominiert
2009
Chicago Latino Film Festival
Audience Choice Award
Nominiert
2009
Gijón International Film Festival
Grand Prix Asturias
Best Director
Nominiert
2009
São Paulo International Film Festival
International Jury Award
Best Feature Film
Nominiert
2009
Uruguayan Film Critics Association
UFCA Award
Best Film
Nominiert
2009
Mar del Plata Film Festival
Best Film
International Competition
Nominiert
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