Gaston Solnicki’s third long production and his first fiction film is elliptic, tragicomic and loving. It was somewhat teasingly entitled ‘Kékszakállú’. Hard to spell, yet recognisable. And it immediately elicits the question: What does it mean? It refers to the Hungarian title of Béla Bartók’s opera Bluebeard’s Castle, which provided emotional inspiration.
The film elegantly portrays the spiritual lethargy of privileged Argentinian teens. They spend their spare time in the upmarket seaside town of Punta del Este in Uruguay. The film gradually focuses on a teenager (played fabulously by Laila Maltz) who seems to have truly lost her way to an independent, adult life. The drama simmering beneath reveals that what have become firm memories and solid identities were once options and choices – or at least seemed so.
Film details
Productieland
Argentina
Jaar
2016
Festivaleditie
IFFR Unleashed
Lengte
72'
Medium/Formaat
DCP
Taal
Spanish
Première status
None
Director
Gastón Solnicki
Producer
Iván Eibuszyc, Gastón Solnicki
Cinematography
Diego Poleri, Fernando Lockett
Editing
Alan Segal, Francisco D’Eufemia
Sound design
Jason Candler
Principal cast
Laila Maltz, Katia Szechtman, Lara Tarlowski, Natali Maltz, Maria Soldi, Pedro Trocca, Denise Groesman
Production company
Frutacine, Filmy Wiktora
Sales / World rights holder
Frutacine
Distributor NL / Benelux rights holder
Hubert Bals Fund
Vertoningen van "Kékszakállú"
Nu beschikbaar
Video on demand
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