Completed - SPANISH - Drama - 79 minutes
When a heat wave grips the suburbs, blackouts and waves of pollution push the social order to the brink of collapse, forcing each inhabitant to confront his own motives, instincts and fears.
Year of production : 2014 Director(s) : Benjamin NAISHTAT Writer(s) : Benjamin NAISHTAT Cast : Claudia CANTERO, Francisco LUMERMAN, Jonathan DA ROSA, Mirella PASCUAL, Tatiana GIMÉNEZ, César BORDÓN, Valeria LOIS, Elsa BOIS, Mara BESTELLI Producer(s) : Benjamin DOMENECH, Santiago GALLELLI, Matías ROVEDA
A police helicopter circles over a gated community on the outskirts of a large city. Something must have happened. The very first shot of this directorial debut conveys the paranoia which shrouds this film about the fears of an increasingly detached social class. Even a hole in the fence represents a life-threatening event. The other side of their self-made barrier marks the beginning of a social netherworld where they are convinced dubious and unpredictable creatures with designs on their wealth are lurking. The camera takes a step back to capture but also to question in grotesque and absurd tableaux this diffuse anxiety and almost primeval fear. When Argentina was rocked by a severe economic crisis several years ago, politicians exploited people’s fears in order to foster a general feeling of insecurity. In his ironic portrait of a constantly fragmenting society, Benjamin Naishtat ponders this development.
Country(ies) : ARGENTINA, FRANCE, GERMANY, URUGUAY
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Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2014 CompetitionSan Sebastian FF 2014 Horizontes LatinosBFI London FF 2014 DareVentana Sur 2014 LatamToulouse Rencontres Cinemas d’Amerique Latine – Competencia Oficial (Francia, 2014) 2014IndieLisboa – Official Competition 2014San Sebastian International Film Festival 2014 (Horizontes Latinos)