Mariano Pensotti | Argentina


An epic tale of appearance and existence
Four filmmakers from Buenos Aires, and the four films they are shooting. Argentine director, Mariano Pensotti, weaves these eight stories to a broadly conceived social panorama. Gabriel, a commercially successful director, is shooting a romantic comedy when he learns that he is very ill. Following her grandmother's death, the documentary filmmaker Mariela experiences an identity crisis while working on a film project about the fall of the Soviet Union. After the unexpected success of her last film, Nadia suffers from a mental block and begins a frantic search for her dead father. Lucas is working on a no-budget underground film while he inadvertedly makes a career for himself at McDonalds. The destinies of these four artists are reflected in their screenplays, while the topics they are filming influence their lives. Reality, fiction, what determines who we are?
Mariano Pensotti is one of the great storytellers of his generation. He places his trust in the stage presence of his actors and the strength of the stories and achieves a meaningful cinematic experience without moving pictures. A play full of multilayered contrasts.

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With Horacio Acosta, Elisa Carricajo, Valeria Lois, Javier Lorenzo, Marcelo Subiotto Written and directed by Mariano Pensotti Set and costumes Mariana Tirantte Music and Sound Design Diego Vainer Light Design Alejandro Le Roux Assistant Production Gabriel Zayat Assistant Director Leandro Orellano Coproduction Grupo Marea, Complejo Teatral de Buenos Aires, Kunstenfestivaldesarts Brüssel, Wiener Festwochen, HAU Berlin, Holland Festival, Festival d’Automne Paris, Festival Theaterformen Hannover/Braunschweig

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