Themes: Sexual Awakening, Misfits and Outsiders, Underdogs
Main Cast: Gustavo Melnik, Alejandro Tocar, David Blankleider, Julia Catalá, Laura Piperno
Release Year: 2008
Country: ES/AR/MX/UY
Run Time: 87 minutes
Plot
A young man who is just edging into his teens tries to unravel the mysteries of love and sex in this coming-of-age comedy from Uruguayan filmmaker Fernando Veiroj. Rafa Bregman (Alejandro Tocar) is a thirteen-year-old boy mired in the lower depths of adolescence; his skin is breaking out, he feels incredibly awkward, and he can't get women off his mind. While Rafa's older brother tries to help by arranging for the boy to lose his virginity to a cooperative neighborhood woman, Rafa is still mortified after the big seduction that he hasn't actually kissed a girl, and he and his pals Andy (Igal Label) and Rony (Yoel Bercovici) struggle to make sense of the fair sex. While Rafa, Andy and Rony occasionally visit a neighborhood brothel where the working girls offer various forms of sympathy, they'd rather be spending time with the girls from their school, and Rafa sets his sights on Nicole (Belen Pouchan), who is pretty enough that nearly everyone is convinced he doesn't stand a chance with her. Acne was screened as part of the Directors' Fortnight series at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Cast
Gustavo Melnik
Alejandro Tocar
David Blankleider
Julia Catalá
Laura Piperno; Veronica Perrota; Belén Pouchan; Igal Label; Yoel Bercovici; Leonor Svarcas
Credit
Federico Veiroj - Director, Fernando Epstein - Editor, Fernando Epstein - Executive Producer, Europe - Composer (Music Score), Daniel Yafalian - Composer (Music Score), Adrian Biniez - Composer (Music Score), Federico Deutsh - Composer (Music Score), Los Fatales - Composer (Music Score), Fernando Epstein - Production Designer, Gonzalo Delgado Galiana - Production Designer, Barbara Alvarez - Cinematographer, Hernán Musaluppi - Producer, Fernando Epstein - Producer, Catriel Vildosola - Sound/Sound Designer, Federico Veiroj - Screenwriter
