Amid the box office and the controversy that awakened “Homo Argentum”, the film starring Guillermo Francella already has streaming platform to see her from home.
Guillermo Francella It was the center of cultural conversation in Argentina again with Homo Argentumthe new bet directed by Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat. The film, which portrays the average Argentine from a satirical look, is already one of the cinematographic phenomena of the year.
In just five days since its premiere, the film summoned more than half a million viewers and got among the most watched titles in the recent history of local cinema. That box office drag opened the inevitable question: When will it get to streaming?
The answer already has its own name: it will be Disney+ The platform that Homo Argentum incorporates into its catalog. Although there is still no exact date, the usual terms of the industry mark that the film could be available between 40 and 60 days after its premiere in Salas, as long as the interest of the public is held in the billboard.
Guillermo Francella – Homo Argentum
Pampa Films
The box office phenomenon of Homo Argentum
Homo Argentum’s start was explosive. Only on the day of the premiere, more than 73 thousand people They approached theaters to see Francella In a different proposal: sixteen characters that go through recognizable scenes of Argentine daily life, with a tone that mixes irony and absurd.
The result soon noticed: In three days it exceeded 330 thousand spectators And, a week, he had already left behind the half -million mark. To dimension its impact, specialized media indicated that the Francella film doubled in just days the box office that Mazel Tov, by Adrián Suarhad accumulated in months of projection.
In social networks, the impact was immediate. Many celebrated that the film functions as an awkward mirror: the classics appear Stereotypes of “Garca”, the “Chanta”, the “advantage”. Others, on the other hand, criticized that this look does not represent “all Argentines”, but only to a Caricaturesca version of the Buenos Aires. That tension between identification and rejection fueled the conversation even more.
Homo Argentum
Milei, criticism and aesthetics Tiktok
Politics also got into the debate. He President Javier Milei He organized a special function for his cabinet and did not hesitate to praise the film. In his networks, he linked him to a social criticism that He exposes what he called “Kukas” and “Woke progressed”reinforcing the idea that the film reflects attitudes that certain sectors prefer to avoid.
Actors like Pablo Echarri publicly questioned Francella’s statements about the INCAA And they defended the need for an author cinema that lives with the commercial. The cultural crack moved to the billboard.
Another detail that did not go unnoticed is the way the film is narrated: short episodes, fast rhythm and with a montage that reminds of the Tiktok aestheticssomething that connects with current audiovisual consumption and explains part of the success among the young public.
Source: Ambito
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