The Argentinian Lisandro Alonso, with the poet Fabian Casas, wrote a story about ‘Jauja’, an earthly paradise sought in vain for centuries because everyone who looked for it got lost on the way. In this case, it’s about the Danish captain/fortune hunter Dinessen (Danish-born, reluctant Hollywood star Viggo Mortensen) who, at the end of the 19th century, joined the Argentine infantry with his 14-year-old daughter Inge. When she runs off with a young soldier, Dinessen endlessly roams the pampas of Patagonia on the trail of a very thin dog.
The stunningly photographed Jauja is both incomparable and intriguing. It’s no surprise that Mortensen, who also produced this ‘road movie’ and made the music, describes Alonso as a contemporary Tarkovsky.
Jauja, shot in 4:3 and co-produced by the Dutch Ilse Hughan, received the film critics' best film award for the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Festival.
- Director
- Lisandro Alonso
- Countries of production
- Argentina, Netherlands, Mexico, Denmark
- Year
- 2014
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2015
- Length
- 108'
- Medium
- DCP
- Languages
- Danish, Spanish
- Producers
- Lisandro Alonso, Viggo Mortensen, Ilse Hughan, Jaime Romandía, Sylvie Pialat, Andy Kleinman, Helle Ulsteen, Michael Weber, Ezequiel Borovinsky, Leandro Pugliese
- Production Companies
- 4L, Perceval Pictures, Fortuna Films, Mantarraya Producciones, Les Films du Worso, Kamoli Films, The Match Factory GmbH, Wanka
- Sales
- NDM International Sales
- Screenplay
- Lisandro Alonso, Fabián Casas
- Cinematography
- Timo Salminen
- Editor
- Natalia López, Gonzalo del Val
- Production Design
- Sebastián Roses
- Sound Design
- Catriel Vildosola
- Music
- Viggo Mortensen, Buckethead
- Cast
- Viggo Mortensen, Viilbjørk Malling Agger
- Website
- http://mantarraya.com/en/pelicula/ver/27-jauja