# Puan (film)

Puan is a 2023 comedy-drama film directed and written by María Alché [es] and Benjamín Naishtat. Its cast features Marcelo Subiotto, Julieta Zylberberg, Alejandra Flechner, Cristina Banegas, Andrea Frigerio, Mara Bestelli, and Leonardo Sbaraglia. It is an Argentine-Italian-French-German-Brazilian international co-production.

## Plot

The plot tracks a political philosophy lecturer of the university in the Puan area of Buenos Aires whose prospects for taking the vacant chair of deceased professor Caselli are threatened by the return of a former colleague back from Germany.

## Cast

* Marcelo Subiotto as Marcelo Pena
* Julieta Zylberberg
* Alejandra Flechner [es] as Doris
* Cristina Banegas
* Andrea Frigerio
* Mara Bestelli as Vicky
* Leonardo Sbaraglia as Rafael Sujarchuk
* Camila Peralta
* Héctor Bidonde
* Lali Espósito as Vera Mota
* Zulema Galperín as Amelia

## Production

The film is an Argentine-Italian-French-German-Brazilian co-production by A Pasto and Pucará Cine along with Infinity Hill, Pandora Filmproduktion, Atelier de Production, Kino Produzioni, and Bubbles Project.

## Release

The film entered the main competition of the 71st San Sebastián International Film Festival, making its debut on 26 September 2023. Distributed by Digicine, it opened in Argentine theatres on 5 October 2023.

## Reception

According to the American review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, Puan has a 90% approval rating based on 10 reviews from critics, with an average rating of 7.7/10.
Jessica Kiang of Variety deemed the film to be "a fleet-footed if sharply pointed existential-crisis comedy, shot with unobstrusive, naturalistic dynamism by Hélène Louvart".
Marcelo Stiletano of La Nación gave the film a 'very good' rating assessing that on the surface, the film works like a charm as a college-set madcap comedy, but it also is a tragicomedy.
Bartolomé Armentano of Rolling Stone considered that, in addition of the showcase of the cast, the film features another great achievement, that of "the accurate representation of university life and academic endogamy".

## Accolades

| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result |
| 2023 | 71st San Sebastián International Film Festival | Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance | Marcelo Subiotto | Won |
| 2023 | 71st San Sebastián International Film Festival | Best Screenplay | María Alché, Benjamín Naishtat | Won |
| 2023 | 29th Forqué Awards | Best Latin-American Film | Best Latin-American Film | Nominated |
| 2024 | 38th Goya Awards | Best Ibero-American Film | Best Ibero-American Film | Nominated |
| 2024 | 11th Platino Awards | Best Actor | Marcelo Subiotto | Nominated |
| 2024 | 11th Platino Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Leonardo Sbaraglia | Nominated |
| 2024 | 11th Platino Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Alejandra Flechner | Nominated |
| 2024 | 11th Platino Awards | Best Art Direction | Julieta Dolinsky | Nominated |
| 2024 | 11th Platino Awards | Film and Values Education | Film and Values Education | Nominated |
| 2024 | 18th Sur Awards | Best Film | Best Film | Nominated |
| 2024 | 18th Sur Awards | Best Director | María Alché, Benjamín Naishtat | Nominated |
| 2024 | 18th Sur Awards | Best Original Screenplay | María Alché, Benjamín Naishtat | Nominated |
| 2024 | 18th Sur Awards | Best Actor | Marcelo Subiotto | Won |
| 2024 | 18th Sur Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Leonardo Sbaraglia | Won |
| 2024 | 18th Sur Awards | Best New Actress | Camila Peralta | Nominated |
| 2024 | 18th Sur Awards | Best Original Score | Santiago Dolan | Won |
| 2024 | 66th Ariel Awards | Best Ibero-American Film | Best Ibero-American Film | Nominated |