Archive of films Light Years / Años Luz
Argentina / Spain / Brazil
2017, 72 min
Section:
Another View
Year: 2018
We’re on the set of the period film Zama by director Lucrecia Martel, where actors in Spanish colonisers’ wigs pull on cigarettes and are then, moments later, running away from menacing-looking Indians covered in war paint. Light Years offers a glimpse into the working methods of South America’s most prominent female filmmaker while, instead of the traditional peeks behind the scenes, it serves up a restrained, poetic observational piece.
Synopsis
Argentinian director Lucrecia Martel stares at a monitor, taking bites from a sandwich. We’re on the set of the historical film Zama, where actors in Spanish colonisers’ wigs pull on cigarettes and are then, moments later, running from menacing-looking Indians covered in war paint. Martel is portrayed as an enigmatic figure, like the heroes of her films. Indeed, her trademark cat eye glasses seem to dominate the documentary’s compact details. At another point in the film, instead of director’s instructions, we hear only the ambient sounds of the jungle. Treading circumspectly, this picture offers a glimpse into the working methods of South America’s most prominent female filmmaker while, instead of the traditional peek behind the scenes, it serves up a restrained, poetic observational piece.
Ondřej Pavlík
About the director
Manuel Abramovich (b. 1987, Buenos Aires, Argentina). Filmography: The Queen (La reina, 2013, short doc.), Solar (2016, doc.), Soldier (Soldado, 2017, doc.)
Contacts
Rei Cine
Mendoza 3820, C1430BRL, Buenos Aires
Argentina
Tel: +54 114 543 5395
E-mail: [email protected]
About the film
Color, DCP
Section: | Another View |
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Director: | Manuel Abramovich |
Screenplay: | Manuel Abramovich |
Dir. of Photography: | Manuel Abramovich |
Editor: | Iara Rodríguez Vilardebó, Sofía Straface |
Producer: | Benjamin Domenech, Santiago Gallelli, Matías Roveda, Manuel Abramovich, Lucrecia Martel |
Production: | Rei Cine |
Coproduction: | Bananeira Filmes, El Deseo, Patagonik |
Sales: | Rei Cine |
Guests
Benjamín Doménech
Investor, Producer