THE SNATCH THIEF
Filmfest 2018
PT: EL MOTOARREBATADOR
OT: EL MOTOARREBATADOR
Argentina, France, Uruguay 2018
Original version with English subtitles
(Original: Spanish)
German Premiere
Director: Agustín Toscano
Section: International Independents
A robber regrets having brutally hit an elderly woman in order to snatch off her handbag and attempts to make up for the damage he inflicted. But his past deeds as snatch thief hunt him, keeping him from restarting his life anew.
Cast: Sergio Prina, Liliana Juárez, Daniel Elias, Camila Plaate, Pilar Benitez Vibart
Credits
Screenplay: Agustín Toscano
Director of Photography: Arauco Hernández Holz
Film Editor: Pablo Barbieri
Composer: Maxi Prietto
Production Designer: Gonzalo Delgado Galiana
Costume Design: Gonzalo Delgado Galiana
Sound: Catriel Vildosola
Producer: Natacha Cervi, Hernán Musaluppi, Georgina Baisch, Cecilia Salim
Production Company: Rizoma Films
Co-Producer: Diego Robino, Santiago López
Co-Production Company: Murillo Cine, Oriental Features, Gloria Films
World Sales: The Match Factory
Director: Agustín Toscano
biography
Agustín Toscano was born in 1981 in San Miguel de Tucumán. He's an actor, screenwriter and director of theatre and film. He studied in the National University of Tucumán, in the Theatre Career, and in the School of Cinema Video and Television of the University of Tucumán. His first feature film, The Owners, co-directed with Ezequiel Radusky, had its premiere in the 52nd Semaine de la Critique in 2013, where it got a Special Mention from the jury. The film also won the 2014 Silver Condor Award for Best First Work given by the Association of Cinematographic Reporters of Argentina. THE SNATCH THIEF is Toscano's second feature.
