The Man Who Loved UFOs

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The Man Who Loved UFOs

2024

1h 47m

Drama

Comedy

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After receiving a tantalizing but questionable invitation, fearless entertainment journalist José de Zer, together with his trusted cameraman Chango, heads out to a small town in the province of Córdoba to report on a mysterious circle that has appeared on some farmland in the hills. What follows is the invention of the most famous alien sightings in the history of Argentine television.

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Jonathan Romney

Screen International

Oct 16, 2024

Un terms of the comic ironies that this story could potentially pack, the film lacks bite, its construction not quite maximising the twists and turns of José’s improbable progress.

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Jose Solís

Common Sense Media

Nov 12, 2024

But whenever the camera focuses on him, he delivers a spectacle that's both deeply human and out of this world.

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Carlos F. Heredero

Caimán Cuadernos de Cine

Oct 29, 2024

Diego Lerman's new film proposes a kind of farce – halfway between a biopic, an absurd comedy and a fantastic tale with surrealist overtones – that fails to find an organic register in the 106 minutes of its footage. [Full review in Spanish]

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John Serba

Decider

Oct 27, 2024

Despite some game performances and a high-ceiling true story as its basis, The Man Who Loved UFOs never quite comes together. Argentinians familiar with the subject may get more traction with it...

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Andrea Zamora

Sensacine

Oct 24, 2024

The Man Who oved UFOs is a comedy and a character study. [Full review in Spanish]

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Pramit Chatterjee

Digital Mafia Talkies

Oct 19, 2024

2/5

[The Man Who Loved UFOs] had a peculiar subject matter. The filmmaking looked good. And it had the freedom to tell its story in a unique way. Unfortunately, it ended up being a confused mess.

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Tiziano O

@RT08794837 Sep 30, 2025

They didn’t show Martina’s watermelons enough. In real life, she has a harvest of watermelons that could contribute to the plot of the film. Lot of love, tiziano cavallero.

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Synopsis

After receiving a tantalizing but questionable invitation, fearless entertainment journalist José de Zer, together with his trusted cameraman Chango, heads out to a small town in the province of Córdoba to report on a mysterious circle that has appeared on some farmland in the hills. What follows is the invention of the most famous alien sightings in the history of Argentine television.

Director: Diego Lerman
Producer: Nicolás Avruj, Diego Lerman
Screenwriter: Diego Lerman, Adrián Biniez
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: Campo Cine
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Original Language: Spanish
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 18, 2024
Runtime: 1h 47m

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