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The Distinguished Citizen

Carmel International Competition

  • Archive - Festival 32
  • Director: Gastón Duprat, Mariano Cohn
  • Spain, Argentina 2016
  • 117 minutes
  • Spanish
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

After refusing big and prestigious awards all over the world, Mr. Mantovani, Literature Nobel Prize winner, accepts an invitation to visit his hometown in Argentina, which has been the inspiration for all of his books. It turns out that accepting this invitation is the worse idea of his life. Expect the unexpected when you have used real people as characters in your novels!
Oscar Martínez won the Best Actor Award at the 2016 Venice Festival for his nuanced portrayal of Daniel Mantovani.
Filmography: Querida voy a comprar cigarrillos y vuelvo (2011), The Man Next Door (2009), The Artist (2008), Yo Presidente (2006).


  • Director Gastón Duprat, Mariano Cohn
  • Production Fernando Sokolowicz
  • Script Andrés Duprat
  • Cinematography Gastón Duprat, Mariano Cohn
  • Editing Jerónimo Carranza
  • Music Toni M. Mir
  • Festivals Venice (Best Actor Award)
  • Actors Oscar Martínez, Dady Brieva, Andrea Frigerio, Nora Navas
  • Source Latido Films, Madrid

The Distinguished Citizen