An animated feature, “The Most Precious of Merchandise”, by Michel Hazanavicius (director of “The Artist”) today closed the official competition of a festival that remained afloat despite its many obstacles
Mar del Plata — An exceptional animated film, and at the same time exceptional poetic drama, “The most precious of commodities”of Michel Hazanaviciusclosed this morning the Official Competition of the 39th Mar del Plata film festival.
Always remembered for silent comedy “The artist”winner of 5 Oscars, Hazanavicius Now it tells the story of a woman who found a baby girl next to the train tracks, the men who protected her and the father who had to leave her there because it was the middle of the war and the train was heading to the Auschwitz camp. The music of Alexandre Desplatthe narration in the voice of the remembered Jean-Louis Trintignantthe text of Jean-Claude Grumberg, They caused the greatest excitement of the entire competition. Good point for the distributor that brought it, still without a release date, and for the festival. And another point: this work only premiered in France on Wednesday of last week.
Curious detail, the other public favorite, “A real shame”of Jesse Eisenbergalso alludes to the Holocaust, and also does so in an original way, as a slightly acidic comedy where two cousins travel through Poland on a tour that passes through the Majdanek camp. protagonists, Kieran Culkin and his own Eisenberg. Simple but heartfelt film, it is likely to grace the stage of the Oscar or the Golden Globes to win an award.
As for the local awards, they will be announced tomorrow. Angie Cepeda she presides over the Jury, but she is not alone. Of the rest, it should be noted that, as a whole, the Festival maintains its essence, somewhat diluted by the scant official support and the disdain of a film sector attached to the opposition, but the organization shows no flaws, the programming maintains the level of always and the public fills some rooms, even the largest ones (as happened with “Megalopolis”of Coppolaand “The Nibelungen”of Fritz Lang) and leaves others almost empty, as always (“Sujo”Mexican Oscar candidate, whose director traveled expressly).
The experience is being good and already has a continuity date: the 40th edition will be from October 31 to November 9, 2025, hopefully with a more decent budget and more stars. This year there wasn’t even a red carpet, but at least a few well-known figures from these payments were there and others, from elsewhere, who deserve to be known, such as Vinko TomicicChilean who studied here at the UBA, lives in Costa Rica and brought a highly applauded Bolivian film, “The Dog Thief”where a shoeshine boy seeks to get closer to who he considers his father by stealing his dog and then presenting himself as the one who rescued him).
To keep in mind: after three years showing off with “Rome”, “The Irishman” and “The Snow Society”it seemed like there was no Netflix presence this year. Error, a nice and emotional English animated film appeared, “That Christmas”of Simon Ottoabout children and parents in a multiracial town (as multiracial as the film’s crew, full of Indian, Pakistani, Arab, Chinese, and Latin surnames). It will be released here in a week.
Also to take into account, three Argentine documentaries: “The Ariston”of Gerardo Paneroabout the Mar del Plata parador designed by Marcel Breuerprestigious member of the Bauhaus; “Lalo”of Alexander Clancyabout Lalo Schiffrin with all its range of creations, jazz, soundtrack and classical, and “Wainrot, behind the scenes”of Teresa Costantinihappy portrait of the choreographer Mauricio Wainrota funny man who composes strongly dramatic ballets. The three documentaries were seen in almost full theaters with an audience that never tired of talking to the directors. Paradoxically, they will only be released on alternative circuits, or on the Gaumont, which fortunately also remains.
Source: Ambito
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