Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes

Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes

Four friends. One city. One way out.

Directed by Adrián Caetano, Bruno Stagnaro

Produced by Hubert Bals Fund, Palo y a la Bolsa Cine

199892 min6.9 / 10

A gritty crime drama about desperate young men in Buenos Aires chasing an escape through increasingly risky robberies, driven by friendship and the dream of a better life elsewhere.

A couple of friends work for a taxi driver to rob his passengers, but they feel like they're getting ripped off. They decide to plan their own robberies, but they are amateurs and things don't go too well. One of the youths, Cordoba, whose girlfriend Sandra is pregnant, just wants to get enough cash so they can leave Argentina and get to Uruguay to start a new life. He and his friends plan one last robbery, but things don't go as planned.

Questions people ask

  • Is Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

  • Is Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of films.

  • Does Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

  • Is Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes violent? Somewhat. More violent than 59% of films.

  • Is Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

64/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity45

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise86

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love65

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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