180° (film)

180° is a 2010 Mexican comedy-drama film written, directed and co-produced by Fernando Kalife.[1] Starring Elizabeth Valdéz, Rodrigo Cachero, Daniel Martínez, Fernando Becerril, Juan Martín Jáuregui, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Eduardo Blanco, Iliana Fox and Alejandro Cuétara.[2]

180°
Theatrical release poster
Directed byFernando Kalife
Written byFernando Kalife
Produced byVictor Dryere
Fernando Kalife
Pablo Leva
Luis Mendoza
Fausto Muñoz
Diego Peskins
Josafath Salazar
Antonio Urdapilleta
StarringElizabeth Valdéz
Rodrigo Cachero
Daniel Martínez
Fernando Becerril
Juan Martín Jáuregui
Manuel García Rulfo
Eduardo Blanco
Iliana Fox
Alejandro Cuétara
CinematographyEduardo Flores Torres
Edited byJoel T. Pashby
Hughes Winborne
Music byÁngel Illarramendi
Production
companies
Tartufo Films
Fidecine
IMCINE
Equipment Film Design
Release dates
June 22, 2010 (South Africa)
February 3, 2011 (SBIFF)
January 4, 2013 (Mexico)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

Synopsis

Salvador Díaz is a guy who is always involved in shady deals and owes money to Martín Soto, a mafia boss. To get the amount he must pay, he does what he knows how: cheat; for now to an elderly person (Fernando Becerril), selling him a restaurant that is not very lucrative. Then he tries to sell, to a soccer team, an Argentine player who has injured a knee and is still not fully recovered. He does these "businesses" in complicity with his friend Darío, a self-conscious, pessimistic and renegade man. When he tries to close the player's deal, the team representative reminds him of something important that Salvador had forgotten. That memory takes him back to his childhood and will help him try to make a radical change, that is to say -180 degrees- in his behavior.[3]

Cast

The actors participating in this film are:[4][5]

Production

Financing

180º was financed by the Cinema Investment and Stimulus Fund (FIDECINE)[6] and the foundations of Nelson Mandela and Kofi Annan.[7]

Filming

Principal photography took place in Monterrey and Mexico City in Mexico, and in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[8]

Release

180º had its world premiere on June 22, 2010, in Cape Town, South Africa.[9] It then opened in the United States on February 3, 2011, as part of the 26th Santa Barbara International Film Festival.[10] It had its commercial premiere on January 4, 2013, in Mexican theaters.[2]

Reception

Critical reception

Jessica Oliva from Cine Premiere highlights technical aspects such as editing by Joel T. Pashby. However, he criticizes that the moment where all the stories raised in the film intersect, the film fails to do so in a relevant or profound way, it also mentions that several characters fail to develop properly.[11]

Accolades
Year Award / Festival Category Recipient Result Ref.
2010 Marbella Film Festival Best Feature Film Fernando Kalife Nominated [12]
Costa Rica International Film Festival Best International Film Fernando Kalife & Victor Dryere Won [13]
2011 Santa Barbara International Film Festival Nueva Vision Award Fernando Kalife Nominated [14]

References
  1. closeupmexico (2013-01-04). "180 grados es una película de vida: Fernando Kalife". close up (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  2. "180 grados es una película de vida: Fernando Kalife". Close Up (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  3. admin (2013-01-17). "180 Grados -" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  4. "Reparto de 180º (película 2010). Dirigida por Fernando Kalife". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2023-05-02. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  5. "Reparto de la película 180 grados - Actores de 180 grados, Actrices de 180 grados - Adictosalcine.com". www.adictosalcine.com. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  6. "180 grados 180 grados". Secretaría de Cultura/Sistema de Información Cultural (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  7. "Fernando Kalife » El Primer Banco de Talentos en México". 2023-05-02. Archived from the original on 2023-05-02. Retrieved 2023-05-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. "Fernando Kalife, un giro en 180 grados – ESR México" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  9. "180º" (2010), retrieved 2023-05-02
  10. Smith, Nigel M. (2011-01-06). "30 World Premieres Set for 26th Santa Barbara Film Festival". IndieWire. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  11. "180 grados". Cine PREMIERE (in Spanish). 2012-12-26. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  12. MIFF (2012-01-24). "Festival 2010 | Marbella Film Festival". www.marbellafilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  13. "Costa Rica International Film Festival (2010)". IMDb. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  14. "Santa Barbara International Film Festival announces winning films". Los Angeles Times. 2011-02-06. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
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