By Benjamín Harguindey, contributting blogger In light of the 15th BAFICI, festival director Marcelo Panozzo hosted a roundtable (“without the table”, was the joke) on Thursday 11th with some of the country’s most successful filmmakers: directors Pablo Trapero, Juan Taratuto and Hernán Goldfrid, and producer Axel Kuschevatsky talked business and answered questions in an event … Continue reading »
by Cecilia Baron, contributing blogger It is not a very hopeful picture that emerges from Elefante Blanco (white elefant) the latest film byArgentine director Pablo Trapero. Thefast-paced story centered around two priests who minister to a sprawling slum in Buenos Aires, and who fall victim to the violence they are trying to combat with love. … Continue reading »
by Henrietta Worthington, contributing blogger Written and directed by Sebastián Borensztein, “Un cuento chino” explores the idea of chance and the arbitrariness of events. This is Borensztein’s third feature film staring Ricardo Darin (star of Oscar winning “El secreto de sus ojos” and Oscar nominated “El hijo de la novia”). The film is distributed by … Continue reading »
by Amelia Batho, contributing blogger Carancho, directed by Pablo Tapero, has been chosen to represent Argentina in the 2011 Oscars for ‘Best film in a foreign language’. It was chosen by a panel from the Academy of Arts and Cinematic science of Argentina, from a selection of five Argentine films. The other unsuccessful choices were, … Continue reading »
by contributing writer, Tracey Chandler New international co-production between Argentina and Spain features Oscar-winner Ricardo Darín To see “El baile de la Victoria,” (The Victory Dance) the most recent film directed by Fernando Trueba, may well make one think that this Spanish director has decided not to include the excessive sentimentality that the novel by … Continue reading »
by Tracey Chandler, Contributing Blogger If you haven’t yet seen Pablo Trapero’s “Carancho,” then you must! It is an exceptionally well made film, with some fantastic performances by Ricardo Darín (from “El Secreto de sus Ojos“) and Martina Gusmán, wife of the director, in the leading roles. “Carancho” stands an excellent chance of doing very … Continue reading »
by Tracey Chandler, Contributing Blooger Do you want to see the new Argentine feature film, “Carancho,” by Pablo Traparo, hopefully to be featured in the Cannes Film Festival this year? Staring Ricardo Darin, leading man of oscar-winner “The Secret of Their Eyes”? A movie deals with Argentina’s high rate of mortality from traffic accidents? Do … Continue reading »
A big congrats to Juan José Campanella, director of “The Secret in Their Eyes” (El secreto de sus ojos) which has just been nominated for best foreign language picture for the Academy Awards. The story, set in 1999, is told in flashback form: in June 1974 a federal justice agent, Benjamín Espósito, becomes spellbound by … Continue reading »
