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.
Film details
Productielanden
Argentina, Denmark, Mexico, Netherlands
Jaar
2014
Festivaleditie
IFFR 2015
Lengte
108'
Medium/Formaat
DCP
Taal
Danish, Spanish
Première status
None
Director
Lisandro Alonso
Producer
Lisandro Alonso, Viggo Mortensen, Ilse Hughan, Jaime Romandía, Sylvie Pialat, Andy Kleinman, Helle Ulsteen, Michael Weber, Ezequiel Borovinsky, Leandro Pugliese
Principal cast
Viggo Mortensen, Viilbjørk Malling Agger
Editing
Natalia López, Gonzalo del Val
Sound design
Catriel Vildosola
Screenplay
Lisandro Alonso, Fabián Casas
Music
Viggo Mortensen, Buckethead
Cinematography
Timo Salminen
Production company
4L, Perceval Pictures, Fortuna Films, Mantarraya Producciones, Les Films du Worso, Kamoli Films, The Match Factory GmbH, Wanka