Poised to compete at this year’s 37th Mar Del Plata Film Festival in Argentina is Bufalo, from director Nicanor Loreti. The film stars world champion boxer Sergio “Maravilla” Martínez in the title role and is based on the real life MMA fighter with a script by Lourdes Prado Méndez, Martin Barrionuevo, Paula Manzone and co-star Oliver Kolker.
After three years behind bars, Búfalo has decided to change his life—resume his relationship with his son, put it together, find a normal job, stop making mistakes. His past, however, won’t seem to let go and convinces him to do one last hit, but things go awry and debt is no longer with society, but with “El Tano”, a complicated guy who seems unwilling to wait. In his old passion, mixed martial arts close combat, Búfalo will find a means of escape to pay his debts and begin again. Based on Alejandro “el Búfalo” Ortiz’s true story and starring boxer Sergio “Maravilla” Martínez, the new film by Nicanor Loreti tells a story of fighting and redemption in Buenos Aires with warmth and melancholy. In times of despair Búfalo shows that, even to those who have lost everything, there’s always one more chance.
The cast also includes Sergio “Maravilla” Martínez, Moro Anghileri, Jazmin Brigues, Demian Salomon and Dario Levy, with action sequences by Martínez along with Pablo Marini. Screen Anarchy‘s Andrew Mack premiered the film’s first poster art this past week which you can view below, with more info and assets to browse through in Mack’s coverage dating back to August.
