HOMO ARGENTUM
Dirs. Mariano Cohn, Gastón Duprat
Writer: Andrés Duprat
Argentina
2025
”Argentine actors are so good when they’re authentic. I’m thinking of Federico Luppi, Ricardo Darín, Francella, people like that. And what a joy it is to have directors like Duprat and Cohn, who constantly challenge conventions, the dogmas of woke culture, and the superficial avant-garde”. Carlos Boyero, El País.
A riotous and sharply perceptive anthology comedy from the acclaimed Argentine duo Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat, unfolds across sixteen distinct episodes, each led by Guillermo Francella in a remarkable display of comic range and character work. Rooted in the spirit of classic Italian satire, the film deploys humour and irony to examine the contradictions, absurdities, and contradictions of contemporary life and identity in urban Argentina. Celebrated in Argentina as both a box-office phenomenon and a provocative cultural artefact, the film cements Cohn and Duprat’s reputation for blending entertainment with incisive social insight, while confirming Francella’s standing as one of Latin America’s most versatile performers.
This is the ninth feature film by the Argentine duo; in 2012, VLAFF held a retrospective of their work with the presence of screenwriter Andres Duprat.
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