La libertad

  • 73'
  • Argentina
  • 2001
Simplicity is the most important characteristic of Lisandro Alonso's disarming feature début, filming a day in the life of the young Argentine woodcutter Misael.Alonso: 'I often saw Misael in the pampas and I thought that his isolated way of life in the country reflected the way a person feels in the city. Misael is not a professional actor, he doesn't know what an actor is and has never been to the movies. He is a woodcutter who decided to work a bit as an actor in Freedom. To write the screenplay, I observed Misael's life and marked the different moments of his daily routines. Writing the script was structuring the way Misael organised his day. (...) I chose not to show the extraordinary or spectacular things that happen every two, three or five years in one's life, such as having a child, a serious accident or having something unexpected happen. One lives half of his life in a routine that no one notices. I wanted to record those minimal moments so that, upon seeing them, one may rethink what one is doing with his own life. The film does not attempt to simply reflect Misael's experiences, but rather relate his life with other experiences those of the spectators and mine, because I am someone who leads a completely different life in the city. Nevertheless, if I had filmed a day in my life, it would have been the same as Freedom.'
Director
Lisandro Alonso
Country of production
Argentina
Year
2001
Festival Edition
IFFR 2002
Length
73'
Medium
35mm
Language
Spanish
Producers
R/M Films, Hugo Alberto Alonso
Sales
TVOR
Screenplay
Lisandro Alonso
Editor
Lisandro Alonso
Production Design
Lisandro Alonso
Sound Design
Catriel Vildosola
Director
Lisandro Alonso
Country of production
Argentina
Year
2001
Festival Edition
IFFR 2002
Length
73'
Medium
35mm
Language
Spanish
Producers
R/M Films, Hugo Alberto Alonso
Sales
TVOR
Screenplay
Lisandro Alonso
Editor
Lisandro Alonso
Production Design
Lisandro Alonso
Sound Design
Catriel Vildosola