Forum of Independents - Competition 2004 / La quimera de los héroes / Argentina, Denmark, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Australia 2003
In the jungle of Formosa, Argentina, a white man is the leader of a group of local Indians, the socially-excluded Toba tribesmen. He teaches them to play rugby - and to defend their dignity and rights.
In the jungle of Formosa, Argentina, a white man is the leader of a group of local Indians, the socially-excluded Toba tribesmen. He has taught them to play rugby, creating the Aboriginal Rugby Club, and to defend their dignity and their rights. At the same time, this charismatic coach’s past ties him, paradoxically, to extreme ideologies. The most powerful part of the film is the match with the white team – the first ever played by the Indians. Watching its dramatic scenes makes irrelevant the question of whether the film is pure documentary, docudrama or a staged feature film.
70 min / Color, 35 mm
Director Daniel Rosenfeld
/ Screenplay Maria Eugenia Capizzano, Daniel Rosenfeld
/ Dir. of Photography Ramiro Civita
/ Editor Lorenzo Bombicci, Ewa Lenkiewicz
/ Producer Daniel Rosenfeld
/ Production Daniel Rosenfeld Films – Argentina Cine
/ Cast Eduardo Rossi
/ Contact Daniel Rosenfeld Films - Argentina Cine, TrustNordisk
Daniel Rosenfeld (b. 1973, Buenos Aires) wanted to be a pianist and a composer, but ended up making films. He studied editing, scriptwriting and directing, and worked on several feature films as an assistant to director Alejandro Agresti. He has also directed various commercials. The Chimera of Heroes (La Quimera de los héroes, 2003) is his first feature film.
Daniel Rosenfeld Films - Argentina Cine
Billinghurst 1451 - 9A, 1425, Buenos Aires
Argentina
Phone: +54 11 485 800 66
Fax: +54 11 485 800 66
E-mail: [email protected]
TrustNordisk
Filmbyen 22, 2650, Hvidovre
Denmark
Phone: +45 368 687 88
E-mail: [email protected]
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