The Distinguished Citizen

The Distinguished Citizen
Film poster
El ciudadano ilustre
Directed byGastón Duprat & Mariano Cohn
Written byAndrés Duprat
StarringOscar Martínez
CinematographyGastón Duprat & Mariano Cohn
Music byToni M. Mir
Production
companies
  • Aleph Media
  • Televisión Abierta
  • Magma Cine
  • A Contracorriente Films
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 4 September 2016 (2016-09-04) (Venice)
  • 8 September 2016 (2016-09-08) (Argentine)
Running time
118 minutes[1]
CountriesArgentina
Spain
LanguageSpanish
Budget$1.7 million[2]
Box office$3.6 million[3]

The Distinguished Citizen (Spanish: El ciudadano ilustre) is a 2016 Argentine-Spanish comedy-drama[4] film directed by Gastón Duprat & Mariano Cohn.[5] It was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival.[6] At Venice Oscar Martínez won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor.[7] It was selected as the Argentine entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.[4] It won Best Ibero-American Film at the 4th Platino Awards.

  1. ^ "Venezia 73". Venice Film Festival. Venice Biennale. Archived from the original on 1 November 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  2. ^ Newbery, Charles (8 May 2011). "Cohn, Duprat prep 'Ciudadano ilustre'". Variety. Penske Business Media. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  3. ^ "El ciudadano ilustre". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  4. ^ a b Hopewell, John (30 September 2016). "Argentina Chooses 'The Distinguished Citizen' As Its Foreign-Language Oscar Entry". Variety. Penske Business Media. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  5. ^ "The Distinguished Citizen". Latido Films. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  6. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (28 July 2016). "Venice Film Festival: Lido To Launch Pics From Ford, Gibson, Malick & More As Awards Season Starts To Buzz – Full List". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Business Media. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  7. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (11 September 2016). "Venice Film Festival: Golden Lion To 'The Woman Who Left'; Tom Ford's 'Nocturnal Animals', Emma Stone Take Major Prizes – Full List". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Business Media. Retrieved 11 September 2016.