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Fatherland
(Tierra de los padres)

by Nicolás PRIVIDERA

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How can you film two hundred years of Argentine history? From an (aristocratic) necropolis where the supposed heroes of the homeland lie. Recoleta cemetery is the chosen setting – men and women of different ages, read some of some fundamental, ideologically significant texts about the official (and unofficial) history of Argentina, often beside or facing the graves of their authors. The result is unsettling: the texts could be those of today (and universal), even though some of them date back to the 19th century. The meticulous static shots and choices of frame capture the cemetery’s statues and use them as elements for a lucid mise-en-scène in which architecture and discourse summarise the antagonisms and struggles of a country marked by violence. RK

  • Titre français
    Fatherland
  • Original title
    Tierra de los padres
  • Titre international
    Fatherland
  • Scénario
    Nicolás PRIVIDERA
  • Photo
    Ada FRONTINI
  • Montage
    Amalia HERDT
  • Assistant réalisateur
    Evangelina LOGUERCIO
  • Son
    Horacio ALMADA
  • Interprétation
    Maricel ÁLVAREZ, Emilio GARCÍA WEHBI, Alejandro TANTANIAN, Martín KOHAN, Félix BRUZZONE
  • Directeur de production
    Pablo RATTO
  • Distribution
    Trivial Media : pablo@trivial.media.com.ar
  • Support de projection
    DCP

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