The film follows the natural and candid good-naturedness of Java, a shy security agent little-inclined to change, for whom fate seems to have small plans. Through the video-surveillance cameras of his work place (a supermarket in Montevideo) he creates a silent obsession for a cleaning lady he has difficulty approaching in real life. Thus Gigante’s cold and apparently trivial humour is built, between the constant promise of boy-meets-girl and the well-intentioned desire to liberate its characters at the most unfavourable times. Adrián Biniez’s first film won three awards at the Berlin Festival in 2009. AR
Participation in the 2006 Buenos Aires Produire au Sud Workshop
