Plata dulce

Plata dulce
Easy Money
Plata dulce ; Easy Money
	Federico Luppi and Julio De Grazia in the movie's poster
Directed by	Fernando Ayala
Screenplay by	Oscar Viale; Jorge Goldemberg
Based on	Idea y argumento de Héctor Olivera
Produced by	Héctor Olivera; Luis Osvaldo Repetto
Starring	Federico Luppi; Julio De Grazia; Gianni Lunadei; Nora Cullen; Adriana Aizemberg
Music by	Emilio Kauderer
Production; company	Aries Cinematográfica Argentina
Distributed by	Aries Cinematográfica Argentina
Release date	1982;
Running time	97 minutes
Country	Argentina
Language	Spanish

Plata dulce (meaning "easy money", literally "sweet money") is an Argentine comedy drama-historic film. It was released on 8 July 1982 and directed by Fernando Ayala, starring Federico Luppi, Julio de Grazia and Gianni Lunadei. It received a Cóndor de Plata award for best film in 1983.

During this historic period in Argentina, many labour rights were suspended and industrial production fell to extremely low levels, while banks started rising and external debt grew practically exponentially. The result of these policy (which aimed for easy money) was one of the biggest financial disasters in the country's history, producing a large loss of its industry and bringing large part of the population into poverty.^[1]

Plot

Two businessmen dedicated to manufacturing and selling bathroom cabinets struggle to keep their factory running through a series of deep deindustrialization politics being pushed by the country's military dictatorship. One of them, Carlos Bonifatti, gets a chance at working in a bank and decides to stop manufacturing cabinets and dedicate fully to financial businesses which seem to be rising. The other partner, Rubén Molinuevo, sticks to the factory work. At the beginning the choice seems good for Bonifatti, who highly improves his living standards, but shortly after the tables will turn for both of them.

Cast

Awards

Premios Cóndor de Plata 1983: Best film

References

^ A 30 años de la noche más larga - Economía: Martínez de Hoz y la patria financiera. El derrumbe de salarios y la plata dulce (spanish) 24-03-2006, Clarín

External links

Plata dulce at IMDb
Ficha de Plata dulce Cine Nacional

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[1] A 30 años de la noche más larga - Economía: Martínez de Hoz y la patria financiera. El derrumbe de salarios y la plata dulce (spanish) 24-03-2006, Clarín

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v t e Films directed by Fernando Ayala
1950s	Ayer fue primavera (1955) Los tallos amargos (1956) Una viuda difícil (1957) El jefe (1958) El candidato (1959)
1960s	Sábado a la noche, cine (1960) Paula cautiva (1963) La industria del matrimonio (1964) Primero yo (1964) Viaje de una noche de verano (1965) Con gusto a rabia (1965) Hotel alojamiento (1966) Las Locas del conventillo (1966) Cuando los hombres hablan de mujeres (1967) En mi casa mando yo (1968) El professor hippie (1969) La fiaca (1969)
1970s	El profesor patagónico (1970) La guita (1970) La gran ruta (1971) Argentino hasta la muerte (1971) El Profesor Tirabombas (1972) Argentinísima (1972) Argentinísima II (1973) Triángulo de cuatro (1975) El canto cuenta su historia (1976) Los médicos (1978)
1980-1991	Desde el abismo (1980) Días de ilusión (1980) Abierto día y noche (1981) Plata dulce (1982) El arreglo (1983) Pasajeros de una pesadilla (1984) Sobredosis (1986) El año del conejo (1987) Dios los cría (1991)