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ARGENTINA - Strange
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Surgeon Julio Chávez has left his job for unknown reasons and, living with sister Valeria Bertuccelli and her children, drifts from woman to woman (he's apparently the only adult male in sight), until he finally meets pregnant Raquel Albéniz. Can communication be achieved? A chamber piece of a midlife crisis, according to the filmmakers: “This is a film of cautious words, of a fragile silence.” Tiger Award, Rotterdam Festival, San Sebastian Festival.

Por razones misteriosas el cirujano Julio Chávez ha abandonado su trabajo y ahora vive con su hermana, Valeria Bertuccelli, y sus hijos. Va de mujer en mujer (al parecer es el único hombre disponible), hasta que por fin conoce a Raquel Albéniz, quien está embarazada. ¿Lograrán comunicarse? Una obra íntima sobre la crisis de la edad media, un film que según los cineastas se trata de palabras cautelosas y frágil silencio. Tiger Award, Festival de Rotterdam; Festival de San Sebastián.

DIRECTOR Santiago Loza PRODUCTION CO Aeternam Films and Viada Producciones PRODUCER Ana Laura Bonet, Francesca Feder and María Galarza SCREENPLAY Santiago Loza CINEMATOGRAPHY Willi Behnisch EDITOR Ana Poliak PRODUCTION DESIGN Alejandra Taubin ART DIRECTION Alejandra Taubin MUSIC Martín Grignaschi and Perfecto de San Jose CAST Julio Chávez, Valeria Bertuccelli, Raquel Albéniz, Chunchuna Villafañe, Jorge Prado and Eva Bianco. 2002, Color, 87 min, Spanish with subtitles.

 

 

 


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