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COMPETITION
Subtle cinematic
analysis of the psychology
of modern man
Alicia Scherson won international rec-
ognition when her first feature Play won
awards at the prominent film festivals
in Karlovy Vary, Montréal and Tribeca.
Scherson was born in Santiago, Chile in
1974, and has also directed the shorts
Baño de Mujeres and Crying Underwa-
ter before her second feature.
Selected filmography
Turistas 2009
Baño de Mujeres (short) 2005
Play 2005
Crying Underwater (short) 2002
TURISTAS
Turistas
The action of Turistas takes the form of an
outer, physical journey – a vacation – but
the essential travels that takes place in
the film are nevertheless internal, mental
journeys into the protagonists‘ selves. With
a mood that is almost threatening the film
is reminiscent of the genre of classic slasher
films. Director Scherson is mainly concerned
with subverting the expectations of
conventional genre cinema. One of the most
important story elements occur right at the
beginning of the film, and it is this mental
foundation that the main character Carla
must try to work through. The journeys of the
film appear in many ways as pure escapism,
from problems, partners, identity, the very
core of the modern self.
Turistas is both a cinematic analysis of
the psychology of modern man and a highly
psychologising film experience. The music,
tender and dissonant at the same time, contributes
to an unnerving mood that Scherson
knows how to exploit, with visual devices of
nature and darkness. The forest, fauna and
lake where the action takes place are themselves
threatened from the outside by urban
and polluting forces, something that becomes
a subtle parallel to the inner conflicts some of
the characters feel threatened by. lab
Chile 2009 Director Alicia SCHERSON Script Alicia SCHERSON Camera Ricardo de ANGELIS Cast Aline KUPPENHEIM, Diego
NOGUERA Prod. La Ventura Sales Latinofusion, latinofusion@latinofusion.com.mx Language Spanish Subtitles English
Duration 105 min Format 35mm
THE WINDOW
La Ventana
Bedridden after a cardiac arrest, Antonio
(Antonio Larreta) lies waiting for his son.
Bound to his bedroom by an intravenous
drip, he sees the fields, the sun and the life
outside his window. From his bed Antonio is
in total control of what goes on in his house
and all the preparations for his son‘s homecoming.
Despite the well-meaning advice of
his nurses, and without their knowing, he
embarks on a trip into the world to which he
once belonged.
To honour his son, a world-famous pianist,
he has asked that the house piano shall
be tuned and the piano tuner‘s notes wind
their way throughout the film. These frail
notes, together with the buzzing of the bees
and the merciless ticking of a grandfather
clock, make the film experience quiet and
poetic. Similarly, nothing in the film is overly
spelled out, instead it is entrusted to the
subtlety of suggestion.
Sorin masterfully draws parallels between
the circle of life and the circle of Antonio‘s
last day. Strongly influenced by Ingmar Bergman‘s
Wild Strawberries, this is a film that
celebrates mortality and the down to earth. ek
Argentina, Spain 2008 Director Carlos SORÍN Script Carlos SORÍN Camera Julían APEZTEGÍA Cast Antonia LARRETA, María del Carmen
JIMÉNEZ Prod. Guacamole Films, S.A Sales Bavaria Film, sales@bavaria-film.de Language Spanish Subtitles English Duration 85 min
Format 35mm
COMPETITION
Even the dying can wait
for something worth
living for
Carlos Sorin (b. 1944) is perhaps
best known for his Historias Mínimas
(2002) for which he has won several
awards, including one at the Tromsø
International Film Festival. With his
background as a director, producer and
screenwriter, he is a prominent figure in
Argentinean cinema.
Selected filmography
The Window 2008
El Camino de San Diego 2006
El Perro 2004
18-j 2004
Historias Mínimas 2002
La Película del Rey 1986
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