Birth Centenaries - Directorate of Film Festivals
Birth Centenaries - Directorate of Film Festivals
Birth Centenaries - Directorate of Film Festivals
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IFFI-2007 CINEMA OF THE WORLD<br />
At the very moment he begins to cross the line between childhood and adolescence,<br />
Lucas has to leave his home at Buenos Aires and move, along with his parents,<br />
Federico and Mabel, to the mysterious Patagonia, deep in the south <strong>of</strong> Argentina.<br />
Seduced by a promising work opportunity, the family tries to recreate their home<br />
in the isolated location. But Lucas quickly meets the immensity <strong>of</strong> the Glacier<br />
and starts wandering along the gigantic ice extension, looking for answers to its<br />
enigmas. Lucas believes something lies beneath the Glacier, something he cannot<br />
translate into language. A vibration. A secret. His parents are unable to listen to<br />
him. Federico is too busy pursuing his material goals while he digs into the land<br />
to build a vacation resort. Mabel cannot sleep at night, so during the day she is<br />
barely awake and stays in the house trying to fight her own daydreams. Soon,<br />
what looked like enjoying an adventure while rapidly becoming rich turns out to<br />
be a labyrinth <strong>of</strong> infinite directions where everyone has to look for his own way<br />
out. But the warm voice <strong>of</strong> the anthropologist Nicolás, a lonely scientist who has<br />
lived in Patagonia for many years, may help Lucas to find his road. He might also<br />
help the whole family by revealing that behind all the mysteries and secrets there<br />
lays a simple truth that many have chosen to forget. It is an agile and modern<br />
reflection on middle class people who are estranged from their own selves, and<br />
live in vicious circles <strong>of</strong> ambition and consumption.<br />
The 1962-born Pablo Cesar has made films like Blood, Aphrodite (the garden <strong>of</strong><br />
the perfumes), Unicorn (the garden <strong>of</strong> the fruits), Grey Fire, Equinox and The<br />
Holy Family. He has also made a number <strong>of</strong> short films.<br />
25<br />
2007, 35mm, Colour, 100 mins, Spanish<br />
ASIAN PREMIERE<br />
Argentina<br />
Hunabku<br />
Director<br />
Pablo César<br />
Screenplay<br />
Jeronimo Toubes<br />
Cinematography<br />
Abel Peñalba<br />
Editor<br />
Liliana Nadal<br />
Music<br />
Héctor Magni<br />
Cast<br />
Raul Taibo (Federico), Florencia Raggi (Mabel), Boy Olmi<br />
(Nicolas), Tahiel Arevalo (Lucas). Mauro Cesar Mori<br />
(Mariano), Miwa Oshiro (Liu), Juan Martin Otegui<br />
(Marcelo)<br />
Art<br />
Cecilia Figueredo<br />
Sound<br />
Adriano Salgado, Rodrigo Sánchez Mariño<br />
Production<br />
Mike César, with the support <strong>of</strong> Instituto Nacional de Cine y<br />
Artes Audiovisuales (INCAA), Universidad del Cine<br />
<strong>Festivals</strong> & Awards<br />
Amiens, Cinemagic International <strong>Film</strong> Festival (Northern<br />
Ireland), Cairo
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