Stunning lead performance in dark 'Tony Manero'

A bleak story set in Pinochet’s Chile of the late 1970s in which the film’s co-writer Castro plays a seedy dancer in a dismal bar who is obsessed with John Travolta’s character in 'Saturday Night Fever', the Tony Manero of the title.

Thu, 09 Apr, 2009 - 15:53

Director: Pablo Larrain

Cast: Alfredd Castro, Paola Lattus, Elsa Pobletta

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