72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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INFANCIA CLANDESTINA / CLANDESTINE CHILDHOOD

BENJAMÍN ÁVILA
ARGENTINA-SPAIN-BRAZIL      110 m.
Opening Film (In competition) Films in Progress 20
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This feature debut by the Argentinian Benjamín Ávila bagged the Casa de America Award at Films in Progress 2011 in San Sebastian, and was later presented at the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight. A moving tale of false passports, hiding places in the garage, sudden house changes, made-up birthdays, secret visits to your grandmother. The story of a boy who learns how to live and to survive.

Director
BENJAMÍN ÁVILA
Screenplay
Marcelo Müller, Benjamín Ávila
Production
Historias Cinematográficas (Argentina)
Luis Puenzo
Antàrtida Produccions Audiovisuals (Spain)
Carles Porta, Oscar Rodríguez
Academia de Filmes / Habitación 1520 (Brazil)
Paulo Roberto Schmidt, Benjamín Ávila, Maxi Dubois
Photography
Iván Gierasinchuk
Edition
Gustavo Giani
Music
Marta Roca, Pedro Oneto
Cast
Ernesto Alterio, Natalia Oreiro, César Troncoso, Teo Gutiérrez Moreno
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Pyramide International
5, rue du Chevalier de Saint George 75008 Paris
Running Time
110 m.
Country
ARGENTINA-SPAIN-BRAZIL
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