Bad Day to Go Fishing

Directed by Álvaro Brechner
Álvaro Brechner
Film Movement
2009
110 Minutes
Uruguay, Spain
Spanish, English, German
Comedy, Latin American
Not Rated
Screening Formats:
Digibeta, SD File, DVD
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Sound: Stereo 2.0
Theatrical booking
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Festival and non-theatrical booking
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Materials and print traffic
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Synopsis

Jacob van Oppen - formerly "the strongest man on earth," now a washed-up alcoholic - and his crafty manager, Orsini, make good money staging bogus wrestling matches in small South American towns. When this oddball duo arrives in the unassuming village of Santa Maria, business really takes off: the local newspaper sponsors the fight, and the quiet hamlet becomes plastered with posters announcing an open challenge to a worthy adversary. The ever-resourceful Orsini is sure he can find the right opponent to throw the fight, but fishing in Santa Maria yields a bigger catch than he'd hoped for.