Rolling Family

Colour, 35 mm
Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Brazil, Spain, Germany, 2004, 103 min
Section: Forum of Independents
Oficiální stránky: www.matanzacine.com.ar

Synopsis

An 84-year-old grandma is invited to the wedding of a distant niece taking place in her remote birthplace on the border with Brazil. She invites her whole family to accompany her. In a ’56 Chevy Viking transformed into a caravan, they set off on a journey full of unexpected catastrophes... Between the starting point Buenos Aires and the destination Misiones, all the anger, sorrow, attraction and warmth between four generations come to surface. Rolling Family is a warm, vivacious film about family relationships, love, personal choices and memories. Based on anecdotes from the director’s family and circle of friends, the film balances between being a droll road-movie and a colourful family drama with plenty of humour and latent melancholy.

About the director

Pablo Trapero (b. 1972, Buenos Aires) studied architecture and film at the Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires. He worked as editor and assistant director. His first feature Crane World /Mundo grúa won a Tiger Award at the 2000 Rotterdam Film Festival and was screened at Karlovy Vary (Forum of Independents, 2001) along with his second feature El bonaerense (Forum of Independents, 2002). Rolilng family is his third feature. Films: Mocoso malcriado (1992/3, short), Negocios (1995, short), Mundo grúa (Crane World,1999), El bonaerense (2002), "Ensayo" (TV series, 2003), Familia rodante (Rolling Family, 2004).