IndieLisboa · 2013
5 films · 5 reviews
As a kind of call to arms against nostalgia on the one hand but forgetfulness on the other, Uruguayan-born Michael Wahrmann charts ambitious terrain.
(Country: Brazil; Year: 2012; Director: Michael Wahrmann; Writer: Michael Wahrmann; Stars: André Gatti, Carlos Reichenbach, Eduardo Valente)
In the film’s second half, soundmen are visible setting up for scenes as the actors play out semi-improvised scenarios that carry a weight that is by turns funny and intense.
(Country: Mexico, Canada, Netherlands; Year: 2012; Director: Nicolás Pereda; Writer: Nicolás Pereda; Stars: Gabino Rodríguez, Teresa Sánchez, Luisa Pedro, José Rodríguez, Luis Rodríguez)
Gabriel Mascaro tasked seven children across five different Brazilian cities with filming their live-in housekeepers for a week, and consequently edited their footage into a slim but coherent volume.
(Country: Brazil; Year: 2012; Director: Gabriel Mascaro; Writer: Gabriel Mascaro)
Pincus treads that tricky terrain of having a protagonist who is deeply sceptical of the self-serious outsiders he meets while at the same time allowing for the possibility that it is he who may be in the wrong.
(Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: David Fenster; Writer: David Fenster; Stars: Paul Fenster, Dietmar Franusch, Christi Idavoy, David Nordstrom)
Valle’s deadpan comedy demonstrates a master image-maker at work.
(Country: Mexico, Germany; Year: 2013; Director: José Luis Valle; Stars: Susana Salazar, Jesús Padilla)
59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground
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