The man who turned Argentina's underbelly into must-see TV — then couldn't escape his own darkness.
Documentary focusing on Fabián Polosecki, a journalist and creator of the legendary TV shows "El otro lado" and "El visiteur," who committed suicide in 1996.
Direction
Alonso lets Polosecki's own footage indict and elegize simultaneously.
Editing
Jarring cuts between his glitzy TV persona and rotting subjects.
Director
Gustavo Alonso
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Polosecki's 'El otro lado' invented Argentine trash TV; this doc asks if he also invented his own obituary.
The film's 2005 release coincided with Argentina's post-crisis reckoning with '90s media excess — Polosecki as patient zero.
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