Forum of Independents - Competition 2009 / La Tigra, Chaco / Argentina 2009
Esteban returns to his home town where he meets his childhood friend Vero, who has grown into a beautiful woman. Old memories rise to the surface, new bonds are formed... This delightful low-budget directing debut by Federico Godfrid and Juan Sasiaín, crowned with a FIPRESCI award at the festival in Mar del Plata, rests, above all, on its authentic acting performances.
La Tigra, Chaco. A quiet, sleepy town only twenty blocks long. Esteban returns, after years spent living in Buenos Aires, to the place where he grew up. He has come to find his father, but the latter now has a new family, he’s a truck driver and is never at home. While Esteban waits for him, he spends time with Vero, a friend from his early days whom he now finds increasingly attractive. Each step together is filled with memories of a shared childhood, yet their excursion into the past unexpectedly becomes the promise of new possibilities for the future. This directing debut by Federico Godfrid and Juan Sasiaín, made on a minimal budget, succeeded in capturing the attention of the Argentine film critics. Reviews stated that the film had what the majority of contemporary Argentine production lacks: the ability to transfer life to the big screen. The film was applauded particularly for the authentic performances of both lead actors, together with the spontaneous acting skills of Ana Allende in the role of Esteban’s aunt, who appears in a delightful scene where she sings in Czech.
75 min / Color, 35 mm
European premiere
Director Federico Godfrid, Juan Sasiaín
/ Screenplay Federico Godfrid, Juan Sasiaín
/ Dir. of Photography Paula Gullco
/ Music Daniel Godfrid
/ Editor Valeria Otheguy
/ Producer Gastón Rothschild, Ignacio Rey
/ Production Sudestada Cine
/ Cast Ezequiel Tronconi, Guadalupe Docampo, Federico Ibañez, Ana Allende, Elcida Villagra
/ Contact Sudestada Cine, Primer Plano Film Group S.A.
www: www.latigra-chaco.com.ar
Federico Godfrid (b. 1977) studied sound and film photography at the University of Buenos Aires, he appeared in several short films and he also works as a stage director and lecturer. Juan Sasiaín (b. 1978) also graduated from the sound and photography departments, and went on to study acting and screenwriting. Like Federico Godfrid, he has a wealth of theatre experience behind him, and he also works in advertising. The filmmakers’ directorial debut, La Tigra, Chaco, despite facing tough opposition from other films in three competition sections, took away the FIPRESCI prize for Best Argentine Film at the festival in Mar del Plata.
Sudestada Cine
O´Higgins 3376 - PB 2, C 1429BBL, Buenos Aires
Argentina
Phone: +54 11 4373 2010
Fax: +54 11 4373 2010
E-mail: [email protected]
Primer Plano Film Group S.A.
Av. Elcano 4020, 1427, Buenos Aires
Argentina
Phone: +54 11 455 222 44
Fax: +54 11 455 215 15
E-mail: [email protected]
Ignacio Rey
Producer
Federico Godfrid
Film Director, Film Director
Gaston Rothschild
Producer
Ezequiel Tronconi
Actor, Actor
Ana Allende
Actress
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