Tony Manero
“It's murder on the dance floor...”
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Cast
Alfredo Castro 
Amparo Noguera Paola Lattus
Credits
Written by: 
Pablo Larraín
Plot
In Pinochet's Chile, an obsessive middle-aged man is intent on winning a television contest as a Tony Manero lookalike from Saturday Night Fever, and commits crimes along the way.
Sinekatalog’s take
Pablo Larraín's chilling drama follows a middle-aged dancer in Pinochet's Chile obsessed with imitating John Travolta. Alfredo Castro is unnerving, and the film's bleak murderous satire is a sharp study of dictatorship's rot.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Awards
- Torino Film Festival 2008: Best Film
- Istanbul Film Festival 2009: Best Film (Golden Tulip winners)
Ratings
IMDb: 6.8 / 10 (4,784 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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