Puan
Film poster
Directed by
Screenplay by
  • María Alché
  • Benjamín Naishtat
Produced by
  • Bárbara Sarasola-Day
  • Federico Eibuszyc
  • Bárbara Francisco Mendivil
Starring
CinematographyHélène Louvart
Edited byLívia Serpa
Music bySantiago Dolan
Production
companies
  • A Pasto
  • Pucará Cine
  • Infinity Hill
  • Pandora Filmproduktion
  • Atelier de Production
  • Kino Produzioni
  • Bubbles Project
Release dates
  • 26 September 2023 (2023-09-26) (Zinemaldia)
  • 5 October 2023 (2023-10-05) (Argentina)
Countries
  • Argentina
  • Italy
  • France
  • Germany
  • Brazil
LanguageSpanish

Puan is a 2023 comedy-drama film directed and written by María Alché and Benjamín Naishtat. Its cast features Marcelo Subiotto, Julieta Zylberberg, Alejandra Flechner, Cristina Banegas, Andrea Frigerio, Mara Bestelli, and Leonardo Sbaraglia. It is an Argentine-Italian-French-German-Brazilian international co-production.

Plot

The plot tracks a political philosophy lecturer of the university in the Puan area of Buenos Aires whose prospects for taking the vacant chair of deceased professor Caselli are threatened by the return of a former colleague back from Germany.[1][2]

Cast

Production

The film is an Argentine-Italian-French-German-Brazilian co-production by A Pasto and Pucará Cine alongside with Infinity Hill, Pandora Filmproduktion, Atelier de Production, Kino Produzioni, and Bubbles Project.[2]

Release

The film entered the main competition of the 71st San Sebastián International Film Festival, making its debut on 26 September 2023.[6] It opened in Argentine theatres on 5 October 2023.[7]

Reception

According to the American review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, Puan has a 86% approval rating based on 7 reviews from critics, with an average rating of 7.5/10.[8]

Jessica Kiang of Variety deemed the film to be "a fleet-footed if sharply pointed existential-crisis comedy, shot with unobstrusive, naturalistic dynamism by Hélène Louvart".[2]

Marcelo Stiletano of La Nación gave the film a 'very good' rating assessing that on the surface, the film works like a charm as a college-set madcap comedy, but it also is a tragicomedy.[4]

Bartolomé Armentano of Rolling Stone considered that, in addition of the showcase of the cast, the film features another great achievement, that of "the accurate representation of university life and academic endogamy".[5]

Accolades

Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
2023
71st San Sebastián International Film Festival Silver Shell for Best Leading PerformanceMarcelo SubiottoWon[9]
Best ScreenplayMaría Alché, Benjamín NaishtatWon
29th Forqué AwardsBest Latin-American FilmNominated[10]
2024
38th Goya AwardsBest Ibero-American FilmPending[11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Koza, Roger (26 September 2023). "Festival de San Sebastián: dos argentinas por el máximo premio en Donostia". La Voz del Interior.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Kiang, Jessica (29 September 2023). "'Puan' Review: The Personal Gets Political in a Sly, Delightful Argentinian Academia Comedy". Variety.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Monteagudo, Luciano (5 October 2023). ""Puan", de María Alché y Benjamín Naishtat: un film de una actualidad candente". Página/12.
  4. 1 2 Stiletano, Marcelo (5 October 2023). "Puan, el tragicómico escenario de la crisis existencial de un docente universitario". La Nación.
  5. 1 2 Armentano, Bartolomé (5 October 2023). "El estreno de Puan: comedia intelectual, educación pública y premios en San Sebastián". Rolling Stone.
  6. ↑ "Una historia española de amor y una comedia argentina presentadas en San Sebastian". Radio France Internationale. 26 September 2023.
  7. ↑ ""Puán" llega a Rosario con una función especial con sus directores y productores". Conclusión. 17 October 2023.
  8. ↑ "Puan". RottenTomatoes. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  9. ↑ Roxborough, Scott (1 October 2023). "San Sebastián: Jaione Camborda's 'The Rye Horn' Wins Golden Shell for Best Film". The Hollywood Reporter.
  10. ↑ "Palmarés completo de los Premios Forqué 2023: '20.000 especies de abejas' y 'La Mesías' lideran la apertura de la temporada". Cinemanía. 17 December 2023 – via 20minutos.es.
  11. ↑ "Premios Goya 2024: '20.000 especies de abejas' arrasa en nominaciones por delante de Bayona y Erice". Cinemanía. 30 November 2023 – via 20minutos.es.
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