Caiga quien caiga (film)
{{Infobox film
| name = Caiga quien caiga
| image = Caiga quien caiga (film) poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Eduardo Guillot
| writer = Alejandro Maci
| based_on = Caiga quien caiga by José Ugaz
| producer = Eduardo Guillot
Cielo Garrido
| starring = Miguel Iza
| cinematography = César Fe
| editing = Roberto Benavides
| music =
| studio = Imagia Films
Amaranta Films
| distributor = Amaranta Films
| released = {{Film date|2018|8|28}}
| runtime = 105 minutes
| country = Peru
| language = Spanish
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Caiga quien caiga ({{lit|Whoever that fails}}) is a 2018 Peruvian political thriller film, based on the homonymous book written by José Ugaz. The film was directed and produced by Eduardo Guillot Meave,{{Cite news |last=PERÚ |first=NOTICIAS EL COMERCIO |date=2018-08-22 |title="Caiga quien caiga": quién es quién en la película peruana {{!}} FOTOS {{!}} LUCES |url=https://elcomercio.pe/luces/cine/caiga-caiga-pelicula-peruana-fotos-noticia-549569-noticia/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |newspaper=El Comercio |language=es}} and starred Miguel Iza as Vladimiro Montesinos.{{Cite web |date=2020-11-14 |title=Vladimiro Montesinos: el casting de 'Caiga quien caiga' que retrata la década más oscura del Perú {{!}} YouTube {{!}} Corrupción {{!}} Cine {{!}} Video {{!}} La República |url=https://larepublica.pe/cine-series/1302307-vladimiro-montesinos-casting-caiga-caiga-retrata-decada-oscura-peru-youtube-corrupcion-cine-video/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114201003/https://larepublica.pe/cine-series/1302307-vladimiro-montesinos-casting-caiga-caiga-retrata-decada-oscura-peru-youtube-corrupcion-cine-video/ |archive-date=2020-11-14 }}
Plot
In September 2000, the first vladivideo was revealed, a recording in which the presidential adviser Vladimiro Montesinos bribed Alberto Kouri, an opposition congressman, to vote for favor of the government. After that, the government of Alberto Fujimori faces a crisis that would lead to its end; likewise, the presidential adviser is accused of corruption and persecuted by the dying Fujimori regime.{{Cite web |last=PERU21 |first=NOTICIAS |date=2018-07-16 |title=Mira el primer adelanto de la película 'Caiga quien Caiga' [FOTOS Y VIDEO] {{!}} ESPECTACULOS |url=https://peru21.pe/espectaculos/tv/primer-adelanto-pelicula-caiga-caiga-fotos-video-414804-noticia/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Peru21 |language=es}}{{Cite news |title=El 'Doc' en Pantalla - Caretas |url=http://caretas.pe/culturales/82432-el____doc____en_pantalla |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814080018/http://caretas.pe/culturales/82432-el____doc____en_pantalla |archive-date=2018-08-14 |access-date=2022-11-03}}
Vladimiro Montesinos flees to Panama where he is unable to obtain political asylum, so he returns to Peru. Justice issues an arrest warrant against him and the president Alberto Fujimori is part of police operations to search for him. However, Montesinos manages to escape on the sailboat Karisma to Costa Rica and then to Venezuela.
Cast
- Miguel Iza as Vladimiro Montesinos
- Eduardo Camino as José Ugaz
- Javier Valdés as Alberto Bermúdez (Alberto Bustamante Belaúnde)
- Karina Jordán as Marina
- Kukuli Morante as Jacqueline Beltrán
- Jackie Vásquez as Matilde Pinchi Pinchi
- José Miguel Arbulú as Bologna
- Gonzalo Molina as Saul
- Alfonso Dibos as Eduardo
- Milene Vásquez as Verónica (José Ugaz's ex-wife)
- Sandro Calderon as Huaman
- Diego Carlos Seyfarth as Walter Thomas
- Marcello Rivera as Vera
- Alejandra Guerra as Laura Bozzo.
- Victor Prada
- Ana Maria Estrada
- Pietro Sibille as Vatican
- Claudio Calmet
- Percy Williams Silva
Production
The film premiered on August 23, 2018, with Cielo Garrido as executive producer,{{Cite web |last=CORREO |first=NOTICIAS |date=2018-08-22 |title="Caiga quien caiga": A un día de su estreno genera expectativas a nivel internacional (VIDEO) {{!}} MISCELANEA |url=https://diariocorreo.pe/miscelanea/caiga-quien-caiga-un-dia-de-su-estreno-genera-expectativas-nivel-internacional-837460/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Correo |language=es}} achieving second place in a thriller on the day of its premiere,{{Cite web |date=2020-09-19 |title=Caiga quien caiga lleva 26 mil espectadores al cine durante su estreno {{!}} Espectáculos - La República |url=https://larepublica.pe/espectaculos/1304484-caiga-caiga-lleva-26-mil-espectadores-cine-durante-estreno/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919152253/https://larepublica.pe/espectaculos/1304484-caiga-caiga-lleva-26-mil-espectadores-cine-durante-estreno/ |archive-date=2020-09-19 }} exceeding 100,000 viewers the week of its premiere.{{Cite news |last=PERÚ |first=NOTICIAS EL COMERCIO |date=2018-08-28 |title="Caiga quien caiga" superó los 100 mil espectadores en su primer fin de semana en cartelera {{!}} LUCES |url=https://elcomercio.pe/luces/cine/caiga-caiga-supero-100-mil-espectadores-primer-semana-video-noticia-nndc-551471-noticia/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |newspaper=El Comercio |language=es}}
Reception
= Reviews =
The film has received mixed reviews from the specialized press, they call it very bland and boring, also that in its footage they show three sex scenes that are only fanservice and do not help the story they are trying to tell, also having poor performances and only one being saved, that of Miguel Iza as Vladimiro Montesinos.
= Disputes =
In the first days of August 2018, Vladimiro Montesinos sent a notarized letter stating that the film "affects his good image."{{Cite web |date=2019-07-27 |title=Película 'Caiga quien caiga' se estrenará en cines pese a carta notarial de Vladimiro Montesinos {{!}} Cine y series - La República |url=https://larepublica.pe/cine-series/1297670-pelicula-caiga-caiga-estrenara-cines-pese-carta-notarial-vladimiro-montesinos/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190727233136/https://larepublica.pe/cine-series/1297670-pelicula-caiga-caiga-estrenara-cines-pese-carta-notarial-vladimiro-montesinos/ |archive-date=2019-07-27 }} In the same way, the presenter Laura Bozzo was against the premiere of the film and announced legal measures for the use of her image and the phrase "Let the Wretch pass!".{{Cite web |last=PERU21 |first=NOTICIAS |date=2018-08-14 |title=Laura Bozzo y Montesinos intentan censurar filme 'Caiga quien caiga' con cartas notariales {{!}} CHEKA |url=https://peru21.pe/cheka/cine/bozzo-montesinos-censurar-filme-caiga-caiga-cartas-notariales-420835-noticia/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Peru21 |language=es}}
= Awards =
- National Competition for Feature Film Distribution Projects 2018 (Ministry of Culture).{{Cite web |last=CORREO |first=NOTICIAS |date=2018-08-18 |title=Ministerio de cultura le otorga premio a la película "Caiga quien caiga" {{!}} EDICION |url=https://diariocorreo.pe/edicion/lima/ministerio-de-cultura-le-otorga-premio-la-pelicula-caiga-quien-caiga-836697/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Correo |language=es}}
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