Santiago de Chile, 1978. As Pinochet's oppressive dictatorship stamps down on civil liberties, Raul Peralta escapes the tedium of everyday life by obsessing over Tony Manero - the Brooklyn disco king played by John Travolta in
Saturday Night Fever.
When the national television station announces a Tony Manero impersonation contest, Raul inches closer to the limelight he craves, but at the same time unleashes an unbridled inner passion for his dancing idol.
Directed by Pablo Larrain (
Maria, Spencer, Jackie), with an unflinching performance by Alfredo Castro,
Tony Manero is a darkly compulsive character study of an individual's pathologies in the face of a violent and morally decrepit society.
“Marvelously unhinged study of pop culture obsession.” – The Village Voice
"Both oddly fascinating and repellent." – The Guardian
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