Glue (2006)

"A teenage summer in a small town in the desert, a dysfunctional family, a rock band, a can full of glue, two boys, one girl, loads of tongue kisses, dry heat, wind in Patagonia, ... See full summary »

Director:

Alexis Dos Santos

Writer:

Alexis Dos Santos

Stars:

Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Nahuel Viale, Inés Efron

6 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nahuel Pérez Biscayart	...	Lucas
Nahuel Viale	...	Nacho
Inés Efron	...	Andrea
Verónica Llinás	...	Mecha
Héctor Díaz	...	Freddy
Florencia Braier	...	Flor
Sonia Stenico	...	La amante
Los Wamos Band	...	La banda
Jimena Prieto	...	Jimena
Griselda Ojeda	...	Doctora
Rodrigo Espinoza	...	Alumno Ingles
Flavio Alexis Saddi	...	Flavio
'Astor' Escobar	...	Astor
Ángela Odetto	...	Informativo
Mariana Dos Santos	...	Madre de Andrea

Storyline

"A teenage summer in a small town in the desert, a dysfunctional family, a rock band, a can full of glue, two boys, one girl, loads of tongue kisses, dry heat, wind in Patagonia, existential angst... A teenage story in the middle of nowhere."

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Plot Keywords:

desert | patagonia | glue | rock band | band | 

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Taglines:

A Teenage Story In The Middle Of Nowhere

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Argentina UK

Language:

Spanish English

Release Date:

28 September 2006 (Netherlands)

Also Known As:

Glue - Historia adolescente en medio de la nada

Filming Locations:

Patagonia, Argentina

Box Office

Budget:

£35,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Diablo Films, Bureau, The, Meteoritos

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film's script consisted of only a 17-page storyline and the majority of acting was improvised around the plot to deliver a certain level of authenticity and youthful awkwardness.

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Quotes

Andrea: [crying] Yesterday I went for a walk to the lake. And I was thinking that the world is huge. And that human nature, the Big Bang when it all exploded, it brought tons of things: the lakes, the mountains, all the animals. And it also brought human beings -
[laughs]
Andrea: I sound like a school book - but human beings are much more complex. While a tree is just a tree, a person is something more locked off. It's like we're stuck inside the soap opera of life. And we have to live, we don't have a choice. ...
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User Reviews

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit huffing glue

If you enjoy the beauty of well-crafted post-production visual effects lulling you to a hypnotic stupor, then this is the undemanding film for you. If not, you could also catch up on your email while pretending to watch it. Either way, you know that a talented After Effects artist made a day-rate to slap on all the aesthetic milestones of the late 90s

• from jittery faux 8MM to film burn, dust and plenty of noise.

As if spawn from Gus Van Sant's forehead, this movie follows attractive faux-teens around as they awkwardly attempt to converse through unscripted dialogue. On the plus side, all of these 20-somethings are talented actors, and they push through this sorry morass of nothing like knives through hot, buttery glue. On the other hand, like sailing through a sea of mucilaginous kreplach, it takes just short of forever to putter through to something like a narrative conclusion. But make no mistake - the termination of what passes for a story in "Glue" is not a climax, but more of a but an exhausted collapse. With little in the way of dialogue to pollute the vacuum of story in this movie, it's a wonder any of the actors didn't fall to its toxic tediousness.