Country: Argentina
Year: 2001
Duration: 85'
A long conversation between two marginalized characters, a knife grinder who can't bear the memories of the horrors of his past and an adolescent girl who lives on the streets and tries to get by any way she can. He never stops talking, becoming almost unbearable; she remains silent, closed within her desperation.
"Keeping in mind the age difference which separates the two people, this couple represents the continuity of Argentina's recent history, where political repression and social marginalization unite over time, creating a unique system of injustice" (Ana Poliak).
Biography
film director
Ana Poliak
Ana Poliak was born in 1962 in Buenos Aires. After studying drawing, painting, theater and photography, she enrolled at the Escuela Experimental de Cine of INCAA. She has worked as director and production assistant on various educational programs for the State television. She has also worked as an assistant to Fernando Solanas. In 1989 she founded Viada Producciones. At the moment, she edits movies and is preparing her third film, Parapalos.
FILMOGRAFIA
El eco (cm, 1984), Bolshoi Ballet en Buenos Aires (doc., cm, 1985), Naum Knopp, retrospectiva (doc., cm, 1986), Suco de sabado (cm, 1987), Que vivan los crotos (Long Live Hobos, 1990), La fe del volcan (2001).
Cast
& Credits
Director and editor: Ana Poliak.
Soggetto e sceneggiatura: Ana Poliak, Willi Behnisch.
Director of photography: Willi Behnisch.
Sound: Luis Corazza.
Cast and characters: Jorge Prado (l'arrotino), Mónica Donay (la ragazza).
Produzione e vendita all'estero: Ana Poliak per Viada Producciones s.r.l., Duncal 3302, 7° A, Buenos Aires, Argentina, e-mail anapoliak@arnet.com.ar.
Co-production: Hubert Bals Fund Rotterdam.
Soggetto e sceneggiatura: Ana Poliak, Willi Behnisch.
Director of photography: Willi Behnisch.
Sound: Luis Corazza.
Cast and characters: Jorge Prado (l'arrotino), Mónica Donay (la ragazza).
Produzione e vendita all'estero: Ana Poliak per Viada Producciones s.r.l., Duncal 3302, 7° A, Buenos Aires, Argentina, e-mail anapoliak@arnet.com.ar.
Co-production: Hubert Bals Fund Rotterdam.