Loony Radio - Argentina

April 1998
A radio station in a mental hospital in Argentina shows that giving madness a voice can be the best therapy. When the local soccer heroes Bocca Juniors play at home in Buenos Aires the entire crowd goes berserk. The only sane voice in the stadium comes from a reporter for the city's most unusual radio station - run entirely by inmates of the local psychiatric hospital. Radio Colifata has been such a success that sections are now re-broadcast on a commercial radio station to over one million listeners. Their freshness and lack of constraint has won over the public and prejudice against the institution has evaporated. As Radio Colifata broadcasts from the grounds of the asylum, patients line up to air their frank views. These would-be dj's suffered breakdowns after losing their jobs, or their marriages collapsed. But Borda allows them to talk. This light piece has a deep message: madness is something we all have to accept without prejudice. Maybe the station's boss will remember that when he finds out that one of the patients is quietly stealing his car!

Produced by ABC Australia
Distributed by Journeyman Pictures

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[kswiss12345alex]

that singing is stunning

[Disket99]

manu chao represent

[anka3000]

Take spanish lessons...;) Will not be the same if somebody else translate it for you.

[emgape]

great, i would be great to have all the spanish statements translated. :)