The Distinguished Citizen
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| Directed by | Gastón Duprat & Mariano Cohn |
| Written by | Andrés Duprat |
| Starring | Oscar Martínez |
| Music by | Toni M. Mir |
| Cinematography | Mariano Cohn |
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118 minutes |
| Country | Argentina Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
| Box office | $3.6 million |
The Distinguished Citizen (Spanish: El ciudadano ilustre) is a 2016 Argentine-Spanish drama film directed by Gastón Duprat & Mariano Cohn. It was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival. At Venice Oscar Martínez won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor. It was selected as the Argentine entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.
A recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, who has been living in Europe for decades, accepts an invitation from his hometown in Argentina to receive a prize. In his country, the protagonist finds both similarities and irreconcilable differences with the people of his hometown.
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