SPEZZONI IN ANTEPRIMA DI BUENOS AIRES - SARAJEVO E RITORNO

Marco Bechis

Marco Bechis (Santiago, Chile, 1957) grew up in Buenos Aires, where he taught at an elementary school. In 1977, he was incarcerated for four months at the secret prison Club Atletico. After he was freed, he was expelled from Argentina for political reasons and went to Milan, where he studied economics and, later, cinema. He lived in Milan, New York, Los Angeles and Paris, working as a photographer and video artist and between 1983 and 1988 he made numerous short films for Rai, including Absent. He debuted in feature films in 1991 with Alambrado, which competed at Locarno and won best film at the Havana Film Festival. His second film, Garage Olimpo (1999), won international notice, participating at the Cannes Film Festival and winning numerous awards. Figli/Hijos (2001) and La terra degli uomini rossi - Birdwatchers (2008) both competed in Venice.

FILMOGRAFIA

filmografia essenziale/essential filmography

Absent (cm, 1984), Alambrado (1991), Garage Olimpo (1999), Figli/Hijos (2001), La terra degli uomini rossi - Birdwatchers (2008), Il sorriso del capo (2011).