The film was totally shooted at Casa Curutchet, the only building built by the brilliant Swiss French architect Le Corbusiere in America. It is set in Ciudad de la Plata, and was built between 1949 and 1955. It’s been recognized as a jewel of the worldwide architecture.
The choice of this design emblem as location for the shooting, gives not only a unique plastic quality, but it also integrates the house as a main role in the story.
Sinopsis
“The man next door. El hombre de al lado”, is the latest film from the couple of Argentinean directors: Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat, who bring us a superb comedy where the architecture of Le Corbusiere prompts a conflict between neighbours.
The film tells us an endless fight in a neighborhood. A simple dividing wall can split two worlds, two ways of dressing, of eating, of living. On one side, Leonardo (Rafael Spregelburd), an elegant and well-known designer who lives in a house built by Le Corbusiere. On the other side, Víctor (Daniel Araoz), a second hand cars seller, gross , rustic and domineering . Victor decides to make a window in order to get more light, and there starts the problem: each one become aware of the existence of the other. The foreigner’s sight dents and questions an apparently normal life, besides it opens the door to fears, miseries and the more vile attitudes. “El hombre de al lado” was shooted in Ciudad de la Plata (Argentina) inside the only house designed by the brilliant Swiss French architect Le Corbusiere in America, which is considered a master piece from modern architecture.
Título en español: El hombre de al lado.
Título en inglés: The man next door.
Duración:103 minutos.
Director: Mariano Cohn, Gastón Duprat.
Guión: Andrés Duprat.
Intérpretes: Rafael Spregelburd, Daniel Aráoz.
Nacionalidad: Argentina.
Género y Año: Comedia Dramatica, 2010.
Producción ejecutiva: María Belén de La Torre.
Asistencia de dirección: Diego Bliffeld.
Montaje y Cámaras: Jerónimo Carranza.
Música Original: Sergio Pángaro.
Producción General: Fernando Sokolowicz.
Mejor Película - Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata (2.009)
Premio Moviecity Mejor Película Argentina - Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata
Mejor Fotografía - Festival Sundance (2.010)
Mejor actor - compartido por Daniel Aráoz y Rafael Spregelburd – Festival de Lleida
Mejor Director – Mariano Cohn y Gastòn Duprat – Festival de Lleida
Premio del Público – Festival de Cine de Toulouse
Selección oficial – New Directors New Films del MoMA y el Film Society de NY
