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8.5

Searching for Sugar Man (2012)

Searching for Sugar Man | Searching for Sugarman
Running time: 87 min | Genre: Biography, Documentaries, Music, Documentary about music
Searching for Sugar Man

Synopsis

Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock 'n' roller, American Sixto Rodriguez. SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN tells the incredible true story of Rodriguez, the greatest '70s rock icon who never was. Discovered in a Detroit bar in the late '60s by two celebrated producers struck by his soulful melodies and prophetic lyrics, they recorded an album which they believed would secure his reputation as the greatest recording artist of his generation. In fact, the album bombed and the singer disappeared into obscurity amid rumors of a gruesome on-stage suicide. But a bootleg recording found its way into apartheid South Africa and, over the next two decades, he became a phenomenon. The film follows the story of two South African fans who set out to find out what really happened to their hero. Their investigation leads them to a story more extraordinary than any of the existing myths about the artist known as Rodriguez.

Nominations & Awards

Academy Awards

  • Best Documentary Feature WINNER

BAFTA

  • Best Documentary WINNER

Guldbagge

  • Best Documentary WINNER
  • Best Picture NOMINATED
  • Best Screenplay NOMINATED
  • Best Music NOMINATED
  • Best Film Editing NOMINATED
  • Best Sound NOMINATED

Sundance Film Festival

  • Audience Award - Best Documentary (World Cinema) WINNER
  • Grand Jury Prize - Best Documentary (World Cinema) NOMINATED

Directors Guild of America (DGA)

Chicago Film Critics Association

  • Best Documentary NOMINATED

Los Angeles Film Critics Association

  • Best Documentary NOMINATED

National Board of Review

  • Best Documentary WINNER

Producers Guild of America (PGA)

  • Best Documentary WINNER

Bodil

  • Best Non-American Film NOMINATED

Details

Original title

Searching for Sugar Man | Searching for Sugarman

Director

Malik Bendjelloul

Producer

Coproducción Suecia-Reino Unido; Sony Pictures Classics, Red Box Films, Canfield Pictures, Passion Pictures

Running time

87 min

Screenwriter

Malik Bendjelloul

Music

Sixto Rodríguez

Cinematography

Camilla Skagerström

Year

2012

Country

Sweden Sweden

Ranking

IMDb
8.2
Rotten Tomatoes
9.4
Metacritic
7.9
Unopeliculas
8.3

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