A boxing coach and his wife have to cope with a great loss. He turns to the gym, she goes to church. They can no longer relate, which he finds hard to understand. Gorgeously shot, subdued and touching story about impotence. Competed at Cannes in 2009. Screened before El pasante.
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Full Moon
Nirma, a little girl who tries to avoid her house being demolished, finds out that the full moon can cause problems. Minor drama in a… -
Anna Blume
Vivid, imaginative ode to love. Absurdist animation, based on the poem An Anna Blume by the famous Dadaist Kurt Schwitters.Screened before Pepperminta -
The Stitches Speak
Extraordinary textile animation about the tough life of the people who embroidered it. Gorgeously animated embroidery stitches in an utterly sincere p -
Kissing Faces
Intriguing contrast between the kitschy dream world of karaoke and the neon reality of a city that feels empty and desolate. Mad and marvellous.Screen -
La porta
Stylised performance by two gentlemen, shot in elegant black-and-white. During a power failure, a gentleman and a porter meet each other acquainted in -
Mama,l’chaim!
Caim (61) and his mother (95) share their memories and laughs. The Holocaust is never far away.Screened before Europa, East. -
Death of the Poet
Tribute to the vanishing Turkish/Georgian Laz language, through a sensitive portrait of the poet Hasan Helimisi.Screened before Green Days. -
Videojuego
One camera angle, one situation, with a strong emotional charge. A child plays a video game while in the background his parents divvy up the…
Film details
- Country of production
- Argentina
- Year
- 2009
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2010
- Length
- 10'
- Medium/Format
- 35mm
