Overview
In Buenos Aires, 17-year-old Bennie seeks out his estranged brother Tetro, a once-promising writer haunted by their family’s past. As Bennie uncovers Tetro’s hidden manuscript, old secrets and rivalries resurface, forcing both men to confront the truth about their father and the tangled legacy that tore their family apart.
Fun facts
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Box office
Grossed $2.85M worldwide against a $15M budget
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Filming locations
Filmed in Buenos Aires and Spain
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Setting
Set in Argentina
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Music
Music by Osvaldo Golijov
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Mihai Mălaimare
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Francis Ford CoppolaWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 11, 2009
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $15M
- Revenue
- $2.9M
- Countries
- United States of America, Argentina, Spain, Italy
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Cast
Vincent GalloAngelo 'Tetro' Tetrocini
Alden EhrenreichBennie Tetrocini
Maribel VerdúMiranda
Klaus Maria BrandauerCarlo
Silvia PérezSilvana
Rodrigo de la SernaJosé
Érica RivasAna
Mike AmigorenaAbelardo- Lucas Di ConzaYoung Tetro
- Adriana MastrángeloÁngela
Leticia BrédiceJosefina
Sofía Gala CastiglioneMaría Luisa
Jean-François CasanovasEnrique
Carmen MauraAlone
Francesca De SapioAmalia- Ximena Maria IaconoNaomi
Susana GiménezSusana Giménez
Pochi DucasseLili- Nora Elisabeth RoblesNaomi - Dancer
- Pedro Arturo CalveyraCarlo - Dancer
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