Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes

Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes

Four friends. One city. One way out.

Rating

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Release Date

1/15/1998

Runtime

92 mins

Overview

A couple of friends work for a taxi driver to rob his passengers, but they feel like they're getting ripped off. They decide to plan their own robberies, but they are amateurs and things don't go too well. One of the youths, Cordoba, whose girlfriend Sandra is pregnant, just wants to get enough cash so they can leave Argentina and get to Uruguay to start a new life. He and his friends plan one last robbery, but things don't go as planned.

Status

Released

Original Language

Spanish

Budget

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Revenue

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Homepage

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A grimy portrait of small-time criminals bumbling toward disaster in 1990s Argentina, where desperation and loyalty collide in the pursuit of escape. The film watches their plans unravel with a matter-of-fact inevitability that feels closer to lived experience than cinematic drama.

Mood

TenseBleakDefiant

Themes

SurvivalFriendshipAmbitionCrime

Tone

Matter-of-fact

Pacing

Steady

Look

NaturalisticDocumentary-like

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Graphic violence

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