The Argentinian-German co-production "Goodbye , Buenos Aires" distributed by "Beta Film" won the grand prize "Golden Aphrodite" at the 32nd edition of the "Love is Madness" International Film Festival, which takes place in the city of Varna. This was announced on stage by the chairman of the jury, Momchil Karamitev, the selector of the forum, Alexander Grozev, and the organizer, Iliya Alekov, NOVA reported.
The action in the film, directed by German Kral, takes place in Buenos Aires in November 2001. Argentina is in crisis and the peso is collapsing inexorably. Julio Farber, the charismatic bandoneonist of “Vecinos de Pompeya“, a five-piece working-class tango group, is earning less and less from concerts, as well as from the shoe store he inherited from his father. When he decides to leave his beloved Buenos Aires for good, it turns out that overnight the government has frozen all bank accounts in the country and he can't buy plane tickets.
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Finally, Mariela, a pushy taxi driver, crashes into his car at full speed, damaging Julio's last valuable item before stealing his heart.
"It was actually very easy for us to choose the films. We made a decision in about 10 minutes. We had four awards and we knew what we were going to do even as we watched them, we knew who the winner was going to be and the other three just fell into place. It was really easy for us. I know how it feels because I have been a jury many times, but Varna is very special for me, as my film won me the “Special Jury Award” in 2011 and I have known Professor Grozev for almost a thousand years. Beautiful city, nice festival. I was very happy when he called me and invited me to be part of the jury", Ahmet Boyajioglu, director.
"It is a real honor to be part of the jury and to return to Varna. This is my second visit and I really like this festival a lot. The atmosphere is great, the city is great and we were able to watch a lot of good movies. To be honest, it was very strange, because we watched every day, one by one, the selected productions, formed our opinion, and in the end, the best film turned out to be the last one. It was surprising. We had some idea of how we were going to rank the awards, and in the end, the last film came out, which was the best of them all. It was romantic, musical, had wonderful colors, a wonderful city of Buenos Aires, wonderful actors. In fact, as soon as we watched the last film, we knew he was going to win the big prize," said director Madaras Isti.