| The Magic Gloves | |
| Director: | Martín Rejtman |
| Producer: | Natacha Cervi Hernán Musaluppi Diego Peskins Martín Rejtman Daniel Andres Werner |
| Runtime: | 85 min. |
| Starring: | Vicentico Valeria Bertuccelli Diego Olivera Susana Pampín Cecilia Biagini |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Cinematography: | José Luis García |
| Editing: | Rosario Suárez |
| Music: | Vicentico |
| Country: | Argentina |
The Magic Gloves (Spanish; Castilian: '''Los Guantes Mágicos''') is a 2003 Argentine drama and comedy film directed by Martín Rejtman. The film stars Vicentico, Valeria Bertuccelli, Diego Olivera, Fabián Arenillas, Cecilia Biagini and Susana Pampín. The film premiered at the Locarno Film Festival on 12 August 2003, followed by a premiere on 8 September at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival. It received a theatrical release in Argentina on 27 May 2004.
Alejandro (Vicentico), a cab driver, and his girlfriend Cecilia are in the midst of breaking up when they become adopted by a social group led by a bossy husband and wife team, Sergio (Fabián Arenillas) and Susana (Susana Pampín). Alejandro briefly abandons his cab driving career to join an investment in plastic gloves along with Sergio and Sergio's brother, Luis, a porn star who has been working in Canada.
Writing for The Village Voice, J. Hoberman praised the film; "The Magic Gloves is a city symphony in which the metropolis seems an illusory maze and the melody is based on a refrain of recurring riffs."[1] Dan Sallitt writing in Senses of Cinema wrote that "The Magic Gloves pushes the deadpan style of Spanish comedy so far that the abstraction comes out the other end."[2]