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Completed - SPANISH - Documentary - 25 minutes

Log Line

Settled down for over 100 years in the Isla Maciel, the boatmen that cross back and forward the Riachuelo, provide a service to the people on both sides of the most polluted watercourse in Argentina.

Year of production : 2011

Director(s) : Martin TURNES
Writer(s) : Martín TURNES, Verónica DEMA, Gustavo BARCO
Cast : Alejandro LISCIANI, Gustavo ROBLEDO, Alexis CUSTÓ, Salvador DE GREGORIO, Enrique EUSEBIO

Producer(s) : Fernando ROMANAZZO (AQUERONTE), Martín TURNES (PUENTE FILMS)

Synopsis

Settled down for over 100 years in the Isla Maciel, the boatmen that cross back and forward the Riachuelo, provide a service to the people on both sides of the most polluted watercourse in Argentina. But the re-building of a bridge between the island and the Federal Capital will check the job they inherited from their grandfathers and great grandfathers, a “collateral damage” that comes from the hand of progress. Boatmen is an accompaniment to this process, a silent and subtle battle, that may leave them without their historical work.

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Country(ies) : ARGENTINA

Festivals and Awards

LA NOCHE DEL CORTOMETRAJE (ARG) 2011 (Official Competition - 1st Mention)
VI Festival Nacional de Cine de Villa Carlos Paz, Cordoba (ARG) 2011 (Best Documentary)
6º Pizza, Birra y Cortos (Santa Fé, ARG) 2011 (Official Competition - Best Documentary)
FLVR (ARG) 2011 (Official Competition - Public Prize)
Festival Imágenesociales (La Rioja, ARG) 2011 (Official Competition - 1st Price)
Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Olavarría (ARG) 2011 (Official Competition - Best Documentary)
Festival Espiello - Muestra de Documental Etnográfico (Huesca, ESPAÑA) 2011 (Official Competition - Accesit Prize)


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