“Vilca, the magic of silence”, the story of the attractive musician from Jujuy arrives at Malba Corps

“Vilca, the magic of silence”, the story of the attractive musician from Jujuy arrives at Malba Corps

“During the edition, we shared with Vilca different phases of the montage and the composition of the music, and little by little we got to know this artist in depth and, dazzled by his music and his personality, we were interested in making a documentary that I portrayed it in depth “Cantore said at the time of its premiere on Cine.ar, in September 2020.

Since they met and until his death in 2007, De la Orden and Cantore filmed him both on his visits to the Argentine North and on Vilca’s trips to Buenos Aires, where, thanks to some friends, he was beginning to be known in the peñas. porteñas.

“Ricardo died suddenly of pneumonia and, since then, that germinal idea became a mandate, due to the need to show so many materials recorded throughout the shared moments. In 2018 we traveled to shoot to the North, where we filmed with many friends , musicians, relatives and other people who knew Vilca, who will help us tell Ricardo’s story “commented the director.

Vilca’s music is a reflection of his experiences in the Quebrada; the silence of the wind, the warmth of the sun, the refreshing shade of the trees and the imposing figures of the cardones can be felt in each of their plucking or strumming.

“His presence on stage, speaking slowly and quietly, almost with his eyes closed, and playing the guitar with soft beats, immediately moved you spiritually, and that magic referred to in the film’s title was enveloping you until generating a state of collective communion that few other times I have felt “, remembered the director.

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