The Academia de Cine Argentino has presented three films at the 29th Festival de Málaga
On Friday 13 March, the Albéniz Cinema hosted a day devoted to recent Argentinian cinema with Cuidadoras (Carers) La mujer del río (The River Woman) and Hombre muerto (Dead Man)
The Academia de Cine Argentino film season kicked off this Friday 13th March at the 29th Festival de Málaga, in collaboration with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Argentina. This space seeks to strengthen the international exposure of recent Argentinian films, allowing them to find their first European screening in Málaga. The day was marked by the titles Cuidadoras, by Martina Matzkin and Gabriela Uassouf; La mujer del río, by Néstor Mazzini, and Hombre muerto, by Andrés Tamborino and Alejandro Gruz.
The cycle began with Cuidadoras, a film in which, leaving prostitution, three girls start working as carers for the elderly. The routine in the old people's home, very different from what they were used to, becomes challenging. However, as the bond with the residents grows stronger, they discover that trans women and older people have much more in common than they imagined.
The day continued with La mujer del río, a feature film by director Néstor Mazzini in which, after being released from prison, the main character tries to win back his family through the legal system. His obsession with keeping his family together drags his wife and daughter into an increasingly oppressive court dispute, where the law becomes a battleground and danger grows outside the courtroom.
Actress Andrea Carballo explained that this is the first of a trilogy that talks about the "economic crisis this family is facing, and which also triggers an enormous emotional crisis". She also stressed that the project took eight years to shoot, describing the experience of filming for so long with the same crew as "incredible". The director and producer, Hernán Findling, explained that the editing was an odyssey, as they wanted "the perspective to be as accurate as possible and to avoid revictimisation".
The session concluded with the film Hombre Muerto, about a poor, reclusive old man, who lives with his young wife on the outskirts of a small mountain village that has been brought to a standstill by the closure of the mine that once sustained it, and receives an offer from a mysterious stranger: a substantial sum of money in exchange for a job. The assignment is to assassinate the mine owner as a precondition for a supposed major investment that promises to bring progress and prosperity back to the village.
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