Argentina

  • Federico Veiroj – Belmonte (2018)

    2011-2020ArgentinaArthouseDramaFederico Veiroj

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    Belmonte paints forests full of trees, naked men in strange positions, submarine fantastic scenes, men/animals hybrid creatures, gravediggers characters, well-built men going up stairs to the leap, love scenes below trees. All of his work, sometimes full of colors, shows loneliness and melancholy, but also beauty and attraction to the human body. Even though Belmonte shows himself distant to some of his family members, he is an emotional man who needs affection all the time; he is especially dedicated to his daughter, Celeste. When Celeste isn’t around Belmonte is kind of lost. There’s a new and important exhibition upcoming at the National Museum of Montevideo but Belmonte is thinking more about the changes inside his family: his ex-wife got pregnant by another man, and he feels Celeste is going to spend less time with him. Belmonte negotiates with his ex-wife about the amount of days he should live with Celeste, he wants more, he needs more days; but is not easy….Read More »

  • Raymundo Gleyzer & Jorge Preloran – Ocurrido en Hualfín AKA It Happened in Hualfin (1965)

    1961-1970ArgentinaDocumentaryEthnographic CinemaJorge PreloranRaymundo Gleyzer

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    This three-part documentary on Indian peasant life in the Catamarca region of Argentina is an emotionally moving examination of the generational cycle of poverty in underdeveloped countries. Beautifully told through the eyes and voices of the people, this story of one family becomes the story of all the inhabitants of the valley of Hualfin. In Part I, Temistocles Figueroa, an 84-year-old former cane-cutter, recounts his life in the cane fields through words and song. Part 2 focuses on Justina, his sister-in-law, who is a potter. Her narrative on poverty and pottery mingles with questions, such as, “I’ve heard that in other places women don’t work. How can that be,” she says, “I don’t believe it.” Part 3 profiles Antonia, Justina’s daughter, and her own daughter, Elinda. Antonia toils day and night weaving blankets for sale or barter at the general store. Elinda is her mother’s hope because perhaps her daughter can become a school teacher and break out of the cycle of poverty, but it soon becomes clear that the little girl, too, is trapped, and the cycle will go on.Read More »

  • Raymundo Gleyzer – La tierra quema AKA The Land Burns (1964)

    Raymundo Gleyzer1961-1970ArgentinaDocumentaryShort Film

    Synopsis: In the northeast region of Brazil, the concentration of land and the droughts victimize a peasant family, which leaves once again in search of a place to survive.Read More »

  • Ana Katz – El perro que no calla AKA The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet (2021)

    2021-2030Ana KatzArgentinaDrama

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    Sebastian is an ordinary man in his thirties who is utterly devoted to his loyal dog and works in a slew of banal temporary jobs. As he moves fitfully through adulthood, he navigates love, loss, and fatherhood—until the world is rocked by a sudden catastrophe, upending his already turbulent life.Read More »

  • Ernesto Baca – Natura (2015)

    Ernesto Baca2011-2020ArgentinaExperimentalShort Film

    Ernesto Baca was born in 1969 in Florencio Varela, in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 1997 he completed his studies in film and video CIEVYC. In 2002 he presented his first feature film “Cabeza de palo” (“Stickhead”) to 16 mm. In 2005 he completed the movie super 8 “Samoa”, which later won a grant for expansion up to 35 mm. In 2008 he introduced the film “Music for Astronauts” (“Music for Astronauts”) which was filmed in super 8 format as well and went to film festivals such as Mar del Plata, Argentina, Vision du Reel in Switzerland and Point of View in Spain. In 2009 completed a documentary short film titled “The Servant” (“The Servant”). In 2010 he came into contact with several principals and students to direct the film “String Theory” (“string theory”) that ended up producing.Read More »

  • Jorge Polaco – Viaje por el cuerpo AKA Journey Through the Body (2001)

    Jorge Polaco2001-2010ArgentinaDrama

    Synopsis
    A photographer has drawn his world by populating it with clandestine images. Photography allowed him years ago the excuse to try to escape from the family nucleus. And so, lightly packed, he boarded the first and only train.
    (translated from FILMAFFINITY)Read More »

  • Lucía Puenzo – El niño pez aka The Fish Child (2009)

    2001-2010ArgentinaDramaLucía PuenzoRomance

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    A desperate love story between two young girls of extremely social backgrounds who, unable to find a place for their love in the world they live in, are pushed to commit a crime.Read More »

  • Natalia Garayalde – Esquirlas AKA Splinters (2020)

    2011-2020ArgentinaDocumentaryNatalia Garayalde

    It was the 1990s in Río Tercero, a small town in the Argentine province of Córdoba. At the Garayalde family home, 900 meters from the river and 300 meters from a military factory, the children play with their new toy: a video camera purchased to register los recuerdos. What is not yet known, however, is that family memories will intertwine with one of the most lurid episodes in the country’s recent history and will lie at the heart of a film which delicately acknowledges that images outlive bodies.Read More »

  • Jeanine Meerapfel – La amiga AKA The Girlfriend (1988)

    Jeanine Meerapfel1981-1990ArgentinaArthouseDrama

    Summary:
    This film is a story of a close, but complex friendship between two women against the backdrop of the military dictatorship. They swear everlasting friendship and promise to become actresses. Twenty years later, Raquel has indeed become a famous Argentine actress. Maria is married to an electrician and has three children.
    1976. The military take over the government. Carlos, Maria’s oldest son, is taken away by a special commando. Despairing, Maria turns to her influential girlfriend, Raquel. The two women begin their search for Carlos. The two go to police departments, barracks, official bureaus. But nobody will give them information. And those who ask questions are themselves suspicious. Raquel is also threatened.Read More »

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