Argentina / 93 min / 1999 / fiction
in Spanish with English subtitles
Direction: Martín Rejtman
Screenplay: Martín Rejtman
Cinematography: Paula Grandío
Editing: Gustavo Codella
Producers: Paula Zyngierman, Axel Linari, Martín Rejtman
Cast: Rosario Bléfari, Valeria Bertuccelli, Gabriel “Vicentico” Fernández Capello, Marcelo Zanelli, Susana Pampín
Rejtman’s effervescent masterpiece is a glittering screwball-inspired comedy of shifting identities that centers around the ardent efforts of its strong eponymous heroine to suddenly lead her life in a radically new direction. Everything goes differently when she discovers there is more than one Silvia Prieto. Buoyed by its fanciful, rapid-fire dialogue and at times hilariously absurd story, Silvia Prieto is saturated by a Pop sensibility that belies a gently ironic fascination with bright logos, television slogans and the rich contradictions of consumer culture. - Harvard Film Archive
