Official Selection - Competition 2007 / Cuando ella saltó / Argentina 2007
Young Ramiro would probably have continued aimlessly contemplating his future if he hadn’t witnessed the suicide of a young girl. Her words, recorded onto a CD, help Ramiro find himself, and he begins to see Buenos Aires as a city full of fascinating and friendly people.
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.
97 min / Color, 35 mm
World premiere
Director Sabrina Farji
/ Screenplay Lucía Ercasi, Sabrina Farji
/ Dir. of Photography Ati Mohadeb
/ Music Julian Urman
/ Editor Ian Kornfeld
/ Producer Sabrina Farji, Jorge Poleri
/ Production Zoelle Producciones
/ Cast Iván de Pineda, Andrea Galante, Juan M. Aguiar, Boy Olmi, Sandra Ballesteros
/ Contact FilmSharks Int'l, Zoelle Producciones
www: www.sabrinafarji.com.ar
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.
FilmSharks Int'l
Av. Díaz Vélez 4323, 1200, Buenos Aires
Argentina
Phone: +54 116 380 380 3
Fax: +54 116 380 380 3
E-mail: [email protected]
Zoelle Producciones
Guardia vieja 3458 3ro 5, 1192, Buenos Aires
Argentina
Phone: +54 11 486 742 17
Fax: +54 11 486 742 17
E-mail: [email protected]
Guido Rud
Buyer
Bernardo Bergeret
Film Institution Rep.
Sabrina Farji
Film Director, Film Director
Iván de Pineda
Actor, Actor
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