25 Watts

Uruguay

2001

94 Min

Black and White

1.78:1

Spanish

Subtitled in English

Audio in Spanish

Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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DIR Juan Pablo Rebella, Pablo Stoll Ward

SCR Juan Pablo Rebella, Pablo Stoll Ward, Arauco Hernández

CAST Daniel Hendler, Jorge Temponi, Alfonso Tort, Valentín Rivero, Federico Veiroj, Valeria Mendieta, Roberto Suárez, Gonzalo Eyherabide, Robert Moré, Ignacio Mendy

MUSIC Los Mockers, Exilio Psíquico, Motivos Navideños, Zero, El Peyote Asesino, Buenos Muchachos

BAFICI (Competition): Best Actor, FIPRESCI Prize, Rotterdam (Competition): Tiger Award, MovieZone Award, Karlovy Vary (Forum of Independents)

Synopsis

Montevideo, Saturday, 7 in the morning. El Leche (Daniel Hendler), Javi (Jorge Temponi), and Seba (Alfonso Tort), have not gone to sleep yet. Tired and bored, they sit in the usual wall fence to have a beer. El Leche has just stepped on dog excrement and is convinced that, consequently, bad luck will follow him everywhere. On Tuesday he has to take the Italian language exam, the last one to finish high school. He has been preparing the exam with Beatriz (Carolina Presno), a young private teacher, but he fell in love with her and that is his only concern now. Javi has already finished high school, but he never got into any university. In a few hours he has to go to work. He drives a loudspeaker car and he hates it. His boss (Walter Reyno) is continuously preaching him about responsibility. However, Javi seems to be only interested in his girlfriend María (Valeria Mendieta), who wants to finish the relationship. Seba is a quiet guy, the youngest of the three. Despite his passivity, the strangest characters and situations seem to chase him.

A summer Saturday. A bunch of boys who do nothing. A bunch of boys who do not have anything to do but let themselves be beaten by Sunday. —Control Z Films

Director

Juan Pablo Rebella

Juan Pablo Rebella (born Montevideo, 1974 – died July 5, 2006) was an Uruguayan film director and screenwriter.
He attended the Catholic University of Uruguay where he studied social communication, it was here that he started to direct short films and his collaboration with fellow student Pablo Stoll first began.

After graduating in 1999 he and Stoll started work on their first feature film, 25 Watts (2001), it went on to win several international awards: Best Feature Film Award at the Rotterdam International Film Festival, Best 1st Feature Film Award at the Havana Film Festival, and the FIPRESCI Award and Best Male Actor Award at the Independent Film Festival Buenos Aires

In 2004 Rebella and Stoll released their second feature film Whisky, at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival and opened to critical acclaim, winning the Regard Original Award.

Whisky also won the Sundance Film Festival’s NHK International Filmmakers Award for Latin-America.

Rebella also acted… read more

Pablo Stoll Ward

Pablo Stoll (1974, Montevideo) is a Uruguayan film director and screenwriter. He attended the Catholic University of Uruguay where he studied Social communication, it was here that he started to direct short films and his collaboration with fellow student Juan Pablo Rebella first began. After graduating in 1999 he and Rebella started work on their first feature film, 25 Watts (2001), it went on to win several international awards: Best Feature Film Award at the Rotterdam International Film Festival, Best 1st Feature Film Award at La Habana Film Festival, FIPRESCI Award and Best Male Actor Award at the Independent Film Festival Buenos Aires.
In 2004 Stoll and Rebella released their second feature film Whisky it was a surprise hit at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival opening to much acclaim, winning the Regard Original Award. Whisky also won the Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Award for Latin-America. In-between his film projects Stoll works as a freelance director for advertising… read more