TONY MANERO

Rated NR; 97min; Director:Pablo Larraín  

Location: Alamo South Lamar

"A magnificently deranged study of overboard pop-culture fandom and authoritarian rule's destructive effect on its citizenry." - Nick Schager, SLANT

"A surprising, challenging, engrossing film, TONY MANERO marks Pablo Larraín as a serious talent."
-Todd Brown, Twitch Film

"Holding it all together is an unnerving lead performance by Alfredo Castro, who looks nothing like Travolta, and a lot like Al Pacino marinaded in embalming fluid. I can recall few screen presences as off-puttingly ratty, but [Castro's] opaque, tight-lipped sullenness is hideously, inscrutably magnetic."
-Johnathoan Romney, The Independent

In the midst of the tough social context of Pinochet's dictatorship in Chile, Raúl Peralta, a man in his fifties, is obsessed with the idea of impersonating "Tony Manero," John Travolta's character in SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER. He leads a small group of dancers regularly performing at a bar located in the outskirts of the city every Saturday. Beneath Raúl's exterior of seeming indifference to anything except meticulous recreation of Tony Manero's dance moves and the chance to compete in a nationally televised Tony Manero impersonating contest, lies a darker side of his personality driven to commit a bizarre series of violent crimes. Meanwhile, his dancing partners, who are involved in underground activities against the regime, are persecuted by the government's secret police. TONY MANERO is a story about the loss of identity and obsession in recent Chilean history.

Kid Policy: 18 and up; Children 6 and up will be allowed only with a parent or guardian. No children under the age of 6 will be allowed.

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