THE LAST ELVIS
[EL ÚLTIMO ELVIS]
by Armando Bo
Argentina/USA 2012 90 min. Spanish original version with English subtitles
sat 16 nov 10:15 pm Caligari FilmBühne
Script: Armando Bo, Nicolás Giacobone, DoP: Javier Juliá, Editor: Patricio Pena, Producers: Steve Golin, Hugo Sigman, Jennifer Barrons, Victor Bo, Armando Bo, Cast: John McInerny, Griselda Siciliani, Margarita López
Carlos Gutiérrez is a divorced singer with a young daughter whom he almost never sees. He has always lived his life as if he was the reincarnation of Elvis Presley. In denial of Carlos and his reality. But he is about to turn the age Elvis had when he died and the future appears empty. An unexpected situation forces Carlos to take care of his daughter. This allows him to find himself as a father.
Biography: Armando Bo was born in Buenos Aires/Argentine in 1978 and has been working in the feature-film and advertising industries since he was 17 years old. He is the third generation of a family of filmmakers. Bo studied filmmaking in several renowned institutions in New York, and art history at the Fine Arts Museum in Buenos Aires. In 2005, he founded together with Patricio Alvarez Rebolucion one of the best production companies of commercials in Iberoamerica, and he is one of the most in-demand advertising directors in the world. He has won 50 international awards as an advertising director. In 2009, he co-wrote BIUTIFUL with Alejandro González Iñárritu and Nicolás Giacobone, which was nominated for an Oscar as best foreign film. In 2011, he directed his first film THE LAST ELVIS.
Filmography: 2012 THE LAST ELVIS
www.elultimoelvis.com.ar/
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