Tony Manero (film)

Tony Manero
Cannes film poster
Directed byPablo Larraín
Written by
CinematographySergio Armstrong
Edited byAndrea Chignoli
Music byJuan Cristóbal Meza
Production
companies
Fábula
Prodigital
Release dates
  • 17 May 2008 (2008-05-17) (Cannes)
  • 28 August 2008 (2008-08-28) (Chile)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryChile
LanguageSpanish

Tony Manero is a 2008 Chilean drama film directed by Pablo Larraín about a 52-year-old man in Santiago in 1978 who is obsessed with John Travolta's character in Saturday Night Fever. It won the top prize at the 2008 Torino Film Festival and was Chile's submission to the 81st Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[1][2] In 2009 it won the Golden Tulip at the Istanbul International Film Festival.

  1. ^ "Latest Academy News". Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 10 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Tony Manero fue seleccionada para postular por Chile a los Oscar". ADN Radio Chile. 26 September 2008. Retrieved 26 September 2008.