¡Que vivan los crotos! (1995)
One day in 1930, José Américo Ghezzi ("Bepo")—an unemployed anarchist stonemason—leaves his hometown, not to return until 1955. For twenty-five years, he wanders with no direction other than the path of the railway tracks, joining the silent world of the *crotos*—itinerant laborers—where he meets "the Frenchman," a mentor who leaves an indelible mark on his life. Back home, his friends and a woman await him, weaving the fabric of their own lives. Sixty years later, facing the camera, he relives his romances and his worldview in a kind of collage of perspectives and dreams, centered on the fundamental question: "Is freedom possible?"
Director: Ana Poliak
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Jose Americo Ghezzi as |
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Filiberto Satti as |
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Uda Conti as |
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Mario Penone as |
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Héctor Wollands as |
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Pascual Vuotto as |
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Hugo Nario as |
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Pedro Loeb as |
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Pedro Yatauro as |
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Oscar Mendy as |
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Pedro Moisas as |
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Uda Conti as |
| Editing | Luis Mutti | Editor |
| Sound | Gabriel Senares | Music Director |
| Editing | Ana Poliak | Editor |
| Writing | Ana Poliak | Writer |
| Directing | Ana Poliak | Director |
| Production | Daniel Portela | Production Manager |
| Sound | Luis Corazza | Sound Designer |
| Editing | Beto Acevedo | Color Timer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alberto Moccia | Key Hair Stylist |
| Crew | Willi Behnisch | Additional Writing |
| Directing | Ana Bas | Assistant Director |
| Production | Bertha Navarro | Delegated Producer |
| Production | Eduardo Safigueroa | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ana Bas | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Willi Behnisch | Director of Photography |
| Art | Cristina Tavano | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cristina Tavano | Costume Design |
| Production | Ana Poliak | Producer |
| Production | Beatriz Burdman | Production Assistant |
| Production | Héctor Harguindeguy | Production Assistant |
| Production | Javier López | Production Assistant |
| Production | Daniel Portela | Production Assistant |
| Production | Mauricio Gutiérrez | Production Trainee |
| Production | Mauricio Corradi | Production Trainee |
| Directing | Irma Rivarola | Assistant Director Trainee |
| Camera | Horacio Rayneli | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Gustavo Marangoni | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Gregorio Cramer | Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Carlos Zapparelli | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Alejandro García | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Eduardo Pinto | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Ofito Carreras | Additional Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Juan Vitali | Additional Lighting Technician |
| Camera | Eduardo Safigueroa | Still Photographer |
| Art | Penny García Conde | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Carlos Bucci | Props |
| Sound | Ariel de Lapuente | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Carmelo Saitta | Sound Effects Designer |
| Editing | José María del Peón | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Adriana Tolosa | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Elida Inés Cederma | Negative Cutter |
| Editing | Alicia Fredes | Negative Cutter |
| Sound | Miguel Babuini | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Eusebio Aguilera | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mirta Blanco | Makeup Artist |