Homo Argentum

"16 mini-movies in 1 single big movie"

2025 1h 38m ES

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★6.1TMDB · 107

Comedy

Synopsis

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The film consists of 16 shorts that explore, with humor and social criticism, the characteristics of the Argentine identity.

“16 mini-movies in 1 single big movie”

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Cast

Guillermo Francella
Protagonista
Marcelo Melingo
(Segment: "Aquí no ha pasado nada")
Sabrina Olmedo
(Segment: "Aquí no ha pasado nada")
Fernanda Lanusse
(Segment: "Aquí no ha pasado nada")
Juan Bruchou
(Segment: "Aquí no ha pasado nada")
Virginia Lagarrigue
(Segment: "Aquí no ha pasado nada")
Fernando Ariel Menghi
(Segment: "Aquí no ha pasado nada")
Alberto Damián Fusaro
(Segment: "Aquí no ha pasado nada")

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Mariano Cohn
Writers: Mariano Cohn, Gastón Duprat, Andrés Duprat
Languages: Spanish
Countries: Argentina, Italy

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ERA

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Released last year.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Argentina, Italy.

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CAST

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294+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Mariano Cohn, shot by Leo Resende Ferreira. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Federico Mercuri. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor David Gallart shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Guillermo Francella and Marcelo Melingo and Sabrina Olmedo carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "16 mini-movies in 1 single big movie".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Mariano Cohn directs. Leo Resende Ferreira behind the camera. Federico Mercuri scores. David Gallart cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in Argentina, Italy. Dialogue in Spanish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released last year.
2International production across 2 countries: Argentina, Italy.
3294+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
4Directed by Mariano Cohn, shot by Leo Resende Ferreira. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Federico Mercuri. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor David Gallart shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Guillermo Francella and Marcelo Melingo and Sabrina Olmedo carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "16 mini-movies in 1 single big movie".
9IMDB entry: tt34996428 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Leo Resende Ferreira
Original score: Federico Mercuri
Editing: David Gallart
Production design: Marcelo Pont Vergés
Costume design: Connie Balduzzi
Makeup / hair: Ivana Mirenda
VFX supervisor: Mariano Segat
Runtime: 98 min · 1h 38m
Status: Released
Budget: $5,500,000
Box office: $10,940,000
Return: 199% of budget
Original language: ES
IMDB: Homo Argentum (2025)

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Brent Marchant2026-04-26
★ 9/10
It’s funny how things can turn out in life’s everyday scenarios. And, in this anthology of 16 short films from directors Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duplat, this inspired collection of comic vignettes reveals just how funny those funny situations can be. All of the offerings in this compilation feature performances by actor/comedian Guillermo Francella, who deftly brings distinctly different personas to each of his roles, demonstrating a broad range of characterizations that are wholly appropriate for the various stories of which they’re a part. The nature of the narratives in question also varies widely, featuring characters and storylines that explore an array of aspects of contemporary Argentine life (primarily from a male perspective), including scenarios that are ridiculous, sublime, cynical, clever, satirical, pompous, vain, well-meaning and everything in between. Admittedly, not all results are created equal here, but, except for one overly serious sequence that seems significantly out of place, the remaining 15 pieces all deliver the goods, serving up laughs in different measure, both big and small and always enjoyable. Most are comedy sketch length, although a few are little more than extended punchlines (and that, ironically, are among the best bits in the finished product). In that sense, then, this release plays like much like another Argentinian compilation of this type, the Oscar-nominated foreign language feature, “Wild Tales” (“Relatos salvajes”) (2014), only in smaller bites and with a kinder, gentler edge to its stories. In the interest of full disclosure, I had some genuine reservations about “Homo Sapiens?” when I first viewed its somewhat unimpressive trailer, which, quite frankly, doesn’t do justice to its material, making many of its segments look like bad sketches from The Benny Hill Show (1969-1989). Thankfully, though, that impression was more than adequately dispelled in the final cut. It may not be outrageously raucous, but it’s certainly a lot of fun, and who doesn’t like that?

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