It’s a miracle that this film even exists, it seems. The three previous times that director and protagonist Iván Granovsky attempted to make a film, he relates with a sense of self-mockery, turned into fiascos. So he decided to follow in the footsteps of his father, a famous journalist with a love of geopolitical relations. However, making a documentary about the scenes of world conflict is no easy task, it turns out. From Greece to Brazil, from the Basque Country to Jerusalem, Granovsky is always too late, too early or in the wrong place. He asks clumsy questions, gets vague answers, and in the meantime receives e-mails from his mother telling him to repay his credit card debts to her. The Territories is a film you can read like a newspaper, according to Granovsky. On the quiet, it is also a portrait of a thirty-something trying to find his way in a world full of opportunities, but with no idea of where to start.
Film details
Productielanden
Argentina, Brazil, Palestine
Jaar
2017
Festivaleditie
IFFR 2017
Lengte
101'
Medium/Formaat
DCP
Taal
Arabic, Basque, English, Spanish
Première status
World premiere
Director
Iván Granovsky
Producer
Ezequiel Pierri, Michael Wahrmann, Julia Alves, Silvia Cruz, Jerónimo Quevedo, Victoria Marotta, Iván Granovsky, Ana Godoy, Marion Klotz, Alessio Rigo de Righi
Screenplay
Iván Granovsky, Ezequiel Pierri, Ana Godoy, Félipe Galvez
Cinematography
Tebbe Schöningh
Editing
Ana Godoy
Production design
Marina Raggio
Principal cast
Iván Granovsky, Alberto Ajaka, Rafael Spregelburd, Valeria Lois, Joana de Verona, Juncal Altzugarai, Barbara Gauvain
Production company
Autocroma, Punta Colorada de Cinema, Un puma, Hermanos Godoy