Caballos salvajes (1995)

Director:

Marcelo Piñeyro

Writers:

Aída Bortnik (writer)
Marcelo Piñeyro (writer)

Release Date:

10 August 1995 (Argentina)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A road movie that begins when a man tries to rob a bank and the bank's clerk, a yuppie, pretends the thief has kidnapped him to help him run away...

Plot Keywords:

Media Coverage | Robbery | Horse Riding | Gas Station | Car Jacking

Awards:

4 wins

Cast

Héctor Alterio	...	José
Leonardo Sbaraglia	...	Pedro
Cecilia Dopazo	...	Ana
Fernán Mirás	...	Martín
Daniel Kuzniecka	...	Rodolfo
Mónica Scapparone	...	Secretaria financiera (as Mónica Scaparone)
Álex Benn	...	Esteban
Adrián Yospe	...	Matón
Miguel Ruiz Díaz	...	Matón
Fernando Álvarez	...	Camionero
Tito Haas	...	Camionero (as Tito Hass)
Ernesto Claudio	...	Editor
Emilio Bardi	...	Carrasco
Eduardo Peaguda	...	Saverio
Jorge Petraglia	...	Rogelio
Héctor Malamud	...	Mozo
Antonio Grimau	...	García del Campo
Federico Luppi	...	Eusebio
Cipe Lincovsky	...	Natalia
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Valeria Balanchuck	...	Reporteada
Hector Bordoni	...	Reporteado
Julia Calvo	...	Enfermera
Marcelo Carmelo	...	Bruno
Sandra Daher	...	Periodista de TV
Hugo De Bernardis	...	Juan
Federico D'Elía	...	Lucutor de radio
Silvia Dotta	...	Maquilladora de TV
Alejandro Fain	...	Camionero
Alejandro Fiore	...	Camionero
Jorge García Marino	...	Padre de Pedro
Eduardo Giaquino	...	Lucutor de TV
Alix Hernán	...	Agente de policía
Regina Lamm	...	Madre de Pedro
Rubén Leonardo	...	Guardia financiera
Laura Pantaleone	...	Periodista de TV
Pablo Patlis	...	Asistente
Miguel Ángel Porro	...	Dueño de estación de servicio
Augusto Romher	...	Director de TV
Cecilia Roth
Juan Carlos Salvatti	...	Agente de policía
Luis Schenfel	...	Lucutor de radio
Celina Tell	...	Reporteada
Analia Vigliocco	...	Enfermera
Ruben Villar	...	Productor de TV
José Zelik	...	Reporteado

Directed by
Marcelo Piñeyro

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Aída Bortnik		writer
Marcelo Piñeyro		writer

Produced by
Hugo Belcastro	....	associate producer
Margarita Gómez	....	executive producer
Pablo Kompel	....	associate producer
Natalio Koziner	....	producer
Martin Oyuela	....	associate producer
Claudio Pustelnik	....	producer
Alter Rosenthal	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Andrés Calamaro
León Gieco

Cinematography by
Víctor González
Alfredo F. Mayo

Film Editing by
Juan Carlos Macías

Art Direction by
Jorge Ferrari

Costume Design by
Belen Edwards

Makeup Department
Karina De La Torre	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Mario Faroni	....	production manager
Juan Pablo Laplace	....	post-production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gabriel Arbós	....	assistant director
Silvana Gandolfo	....	assistant director
Juan Iribas	....	first assistant director
Juan Pablo Laplace	....	second second assistant director
Roberto Salomone	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Ricardo Farfán	....	construction coordinator
Carlos Malevich	....	property master
Alberto Quiroga	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Fabián Ayala	....	sound recordist
Héctor Barrios	....	sound recordist
Tim Cavagin	....	assistant sound mixer: UK
Dean Humphreys	....	sound mixer: UK
Dean Humphreys	....	sound re-recording mixer
Aníbal Libenson	....	sound director
Pedro Marra	....	sound effects
Francisco Mirada	....	sound editor (as Francisco A. Miarada)
Serafín Molina	....	sound editor
Eduardo Prus	....	M&E sound editor
Javier Salinas	....	sound assistant
Perfecto de San José	....	sound
Jorge Stavropulos	....	sound

Special Effects by
Tom Cundom	....	special effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Hector Alvarez	....	electrician
Gustavo Amengual	....	electrician
Elvio Basso Carro	....	generator operator
Silvio Bonda	....	electrician
Luis Colaso	....	key grip
Miguel Ángel Danes	....	second assistant camera (as Miguel Danes)
Álvaro Dolgay	....	grip
Jorge Fernández	....	gaffer
Diego Rousseaux	....	still photographer

Casting Department
Pablo Pérez Giménez	....	extras casting

Editorial Department
Jorge Firdman	....	assistant editor
Marta Selvi	....	negative cutter

Other crew
Ricardo Avelluto	....	production assistant
José Corchelo	....	location manager
Raquel Flotta	....	publicist
Laura Gaspari	....	assistant accountant
Sara Kramarz	....	administrator
María Oyuela	....	production assistant
Marina Peralta Ramos	....	production assistant
Patricia Tantakovsky	....	production secretary

Production Companies

• Mandala Films
• Arena Films
• Artear

Distributors

• Gativideo (Argentina) (video)
• Prime Films S.L. (Spain)

Other Companies

• Twickenham Film Studios  sound mixing

Also Known As:

Wild Horses (USA)

Runtime:

122 min

Country:

Argentina

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Spain:7 | USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina

Company:

Mandala Films

Trivia:

Argentina's official selection for the 1995 Oscar Awards, Foreign Language film category.

Soundtrack:

Algun lugar encontrare

Modern Robin Hoods Bound for Patagonia

Sometimes it seems hard to find an Argentine movie released in the last 25 years with a plot that doesn't depend on corruption or economic crisis.

"Wild Horses" was made in 1995, a time of relative prosperity for Argentina, so it's corruption, not an economic crisis that leads old anarchist Jose (Hector Alterio) to threaten to shoot himself unless a large bank in Buenos Aires returns the $15,000 he lost years before because of the institution's shady practices.

Pedro (Leonardo Sbaraglia) is the yuppie executive chosen by Jose to turn over the money. The two leave the bank with a far larger sum and soon find themselves together on the road bound for Patagonia, pursued by police and paid assassins, and cheered on by the poor and the media as modern-day Robin Hoods.

Unlikely as this story sounds, it works well enough, thanks to great acting by Alterio. Director Marcelo Pineyro also keeps everything moving along fast enough so that we don't dwell on the occasional plot holes. Federico Luppi pops up at the end of the picture in a wonderful cameo. His performance alone is worth the price of admission.

7/10