Forum of Independents 2001 / Solo por hoy / Argentina 2000
Another debut film from Argentina which tells the story of five young people trying to survive in modern Buenos Aires. They have their desires, they want to become somebody, they even have talent - but in the end they spend their time doing different, mostly tedious tasks because they have to make ends meet, or because they always need an excuse not to attempt to fulfil their dreams. The main characters work, talk nonsense, tell lies, fall in love, look for sex and wait for change. The film speaks about the simple, seemingly banal things in life in a contemporary fresco of the big city, surprisingly reminiscent of Chekhov in its atmosphere - proving that Argentines and Slavs may have much more in common than you’d think.
100 min / Black & white, 35 mm
Director Ariel Rotter
/ Screenplay Ariel Rotter, Lautaro Núňez de Arco
/ Dir. of Photography Bill Nieto, Marcelo Larintman
/ Editor Pablo Girgeli
/ Producer Mário Santos
/ Production Universidad del Cine
/ Cast Sergio Boryszanski, Damian Dreyzik, Rederico Esquerro, Mariano Martínez, Meng-Tzu-Chen
Ariel Rotter (1971, Buenos Aires) began studying at the Universidad del Cine in 1992. He was involved in various television and theatre productions. His short films Legalos (1993) and Spectros (1995) won prizes at several festivals. Solo por hoy is his feature debut.
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