When She Jumped
( Cuando ella saltó )
- Colour, 35 mm
- Argentina, 2007, 97 min
- WP – World premiere
- Section: Official Selection - Competition
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- Director: Sabrina Farji
- Screenplay: Lucía Ercasi, Sabrina Farji
- Dir. of Photography: Ati Mohadeb
- Music: Julian Urman
- Designer: Cecilia Buldain
- Editor: Ian Kornfeld
- Producer: Sabrina Farji, Jorge Poleri
- Production: Zoelle Producciones
- Sales: FilmSharks Int’l
- Contact: Zoelle Producciones
Cast
Iván de Pineda, Andrea Galante, Juan M. Aguiar, Boy Olmi, Sandra Ballesteros
Synopsis
Ramiro was brought up by his mother. He is 26 and, right now, he is just hanging around doing nothing, and his thoughts of the future are a bit naïve and childish. Ramiro just happens to be on the spot when Angela commits suicide by jumping off a roof. He finds her little rucksack up there containing photographs, a diary and a CD with her voice on it: “Learn to observe. What’s happening inside, and what’s happening on the surface… Learn to understand the difference between seeing and looking”… just the kind of advice Ramiro needs. He wants to take the girl’s things to her family and meets Lila, Angela’s twin, who poses as her sister so that, as Angela, she can earn money working in a bar and also so she can somehow feel her sister’s presence around her. This is the romantic comedy by Sabrina Farji, a story of the many forms of love and of the endeavour to appreciate one’s existence through greater sensitivity. The film is full of strong colours, tastes and fragrances, it’s wonderful to listen to (the score was written by Julian Urman), and it subtly blends pop culture with gipsy folklore. Buenos Aires itself plays a major role in the film, both its bright and darker sides.
About the director
Sabrina Farji (b. 1964, Buenos Aires, Argentina) studied at the Escuela Municipal de Arte Dramático in Escena, earning her diploma in 1987. She has been working as a producer, screenwriter and director since 1990. She is greatly involved in the production of independent video films; her film
De niño (1995) won an award as Best Latin American Video Film. To date she has made twelve films, the majority of which are shorts. She debuted in feature film with
Blue Sky, Black Sky (
Cielo azul, cielo negro, 2003).
When She Jumped, a romantic comedy with gentle humour, is her latest film project.
Film Guests
Iván de Pineda, Sabrina Farji, Guido Rud
Contacts
FilmSharks Int´l
Av. Díaz Vélez 4323, 1200 Buenos Aires
Argentina
Tel: +54 11 477 450 44
Fax: +54 11 477 450 44
E-mail:
alpha@filmsharks.com
Zoelle Producciones
Guardia vieja 3458 3ro 5, 1192 Buenos Aires
Argentina
Tel: +54 11 486 742 17
Fax: +54 11 486 742 17
E-mail:
zoelleproducciones@fibertel.com.ar
