El otro

  • 83'
  • Argentina
  • 2007
Juan Desouza (Julio Chavez), an nondescript businessman, is on his umpteenth routine business trip when he discovers that the man sitting beside him is dead. Desouza, who takes care of his sick father and is about to become a father himself, grasps the opportunity to experience complete freedom of choice one more time. He adopts the identity of the dead man and disappears into nothing, only to start a new profession and a new life. He almost becomes reckless as he rediscovers his senses, his love for a woman, his relationship with the new surroundings. Ariel Rotter does not however just allow his protagonists to disappear seamlessly into a new personality he chose himself. With sober existential realism, he sketches how the businessman learns to take another look at what oppresses him. Slowly but surely, his flight and metamorphosis turn out not to be a way forward but a way back. By stepping out of himself, Desouza gets precisely the chance to re-evaluate the man he had been all along without thinking. The journey outside becomes a journey within.


  • 83'
  • Argentina
  • 2007
Director
Ariel Rotter
Countries of production
Argentina, France, Germany
Year
2007
Festival Edition
IFFR 2008
Length
83'
Medium
35mm
International title
The Other
Language
Spanish
Producers
Ariel Rotter, Veronica Cura, Christian Baute, Hengameh Panahi, Dagmar Jacobsen
Production Companies
Airecine/Aquafilms, Celluloid Dreams, Selavy Filmproduktion
Sales
Celluloid Dreams
Screenplay
Ariel Rotter
Cinematography
Marcelo Lavintman
Editor
Eliane Katz
Production Design
Aili Chen
Sound Design
Martin Litmanovich
Cast
Julio Chávez, Maria Oneto
Local Distributor
Hubert Bals Fund
Website
http://celluloid-dreams.com/celluloid_dreams_library/m_r/el_otro
Director
Ariel Rotter
Countries of production
Argentina, France, Germany
Year
2007
Festival Edition
IFFR 2008
Length
83'
Medium
35mm
International title
The Other
Language
Spanish
Producers
Ariel Rotter, Veronica Cura, Christian Baute, Hengameh Panahi, Dagmar Jacobsen
Production Companies
Airecine/Aquafilms, Celluloid Dreams, Selavy Filmproduktion
Sales
Celluloid Dreams
Screenplay
Ariel Rotter
Cinematography
Marcelo Lavintman
Editor
Eliane Katz
Production Design
Aili Chen
Sound Design
Martin Litmanovich
Cast
Julio Chávez, Maria Oneto
Local Distributor
Hubert Bals Fund
Website
http://celluloid-dreams.com/celluloid_dreams_library/m_r/el_otro