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San Sebastian Film Festival · 2012

San Sebastian Film Festival 2012

Horizontes Lantinos

These titles compete for the Horizontes Award, carrying €35,000 euros for the director and Spanish distributor of the winning film, to be granted by an International Jury made up of three members.

Programme

12 films · 4 reviews

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Clandestine Childhood (Infancia clandestina)

The story of a boy who learns how to live in hiding and to survive.

(Country: Argentina, Spain, Brazil; Year: 2011; Director: Benjamín Ávila; Writer: Marcelo Müller, Benjamín Ávila; Stars: Natalia Oreiro, Ernesto Alterio, César Troncoso, Cristina Banegas, Benjamín Ávila, Mayana Neiva, Violeta Palukas, Douglas Simon, Teo Gutiérrez Romero, Marcelo Mininno)

See: San Sebastian Film Festival Diary: Episode 2

The Delay (La demora)

An overworked and underpaid, a forty-something mother of three is driven to abandon her senile father so she can take better care of her children.

(Country: Uruguay, Mexico, France; Year: 2012; Director: Rodrigo Plá; Writer: Laura Santullo; Stars: Carlos Vallarino, Roxana Blanco)

El Bella Vista

A documentary about the story of a house starting as a football club, becoming a successful transvestite brothel only to be changed into a Catholic chapel, all in a small conservative village in Uruguay.

(Country: Germany, Uruguay; Year: 2012; Director: Alicia Cano Menoni; Writer: Alicia Cano Menoni; Stars: Agustina Aguero, Eliza di Pasqua, Fabiana Dinardi, Alcides Lerena)

Here And There (Aquí y allá)

Review preview for Here And There

The sort of film that practically defines the festival experience, but that one could not ever imagine watching in any other context.

Anton Bitel · 2.5 out of 5
After years in the US, Pedro returns home to his family in Mexico, but the lure of the north remains as strong as ever.

(Country: US, Spain, Mexico; Year: 2012; Director: Antonio Méndez Esparza; Writer: Antonio Méndez Esparza; Stars: Pedro Santos De los, Teresa Ramírez Aguirre, Lorena Guadalupe Pantaleón Vázquez, Heidi Laura Solano Espinoza, Néstor Tepetate Medina, Carolina Prado Ángel.)

Full review

The Last Elvis (El Ultimo Elvis)

A Buenos Aires Elvis impersonator who believes that he is the reincarnation of the King struggles to shake free from reality and live his musical dream.

(Country: Argentina; Year: 2011; Director: Nicolás Giacobone; Writer: Armando Bo, Nicolás Giacobone; Stars: John McInerny, Griselda Siciliani, Margarita Lopez)

Once Upon A Time, I Was Veronica (Era Uma Vez Eu, Veronica, Once Upon A Time Veronica)

A woman tries to find romance in a violent Brazilian city.

(Country: Brazil; Year: 2012; Director: Marcelo Gomes; Writer: Marcelo Gomes)

La Playa DC

Review preview for La Playa DC

A refreshingly low-key and visually distinct work.

Michael Pattison · 3.5 out of 5
Tomás is trying to make his way in Bogota. Looking for his young brother Jairo, he sets out on a journey that will test his ability to deal with the fear and wounds of the past.

(Country: Colombia, Brazil, France; Year: 2012; Director: Juan Andrés Arango; Writer: Juan Andrés Arango; Stars: Luis Carlos Guevara, Jamés Solís, Andrés Murillo)

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Post Tenebras Lux

Review preview for Post Tenebras Lux

In some ways it brings to mind the psychopathological novels of new wave science fiction.

Donald Munro · 1 out of 5
Juan and his family live in a country house, where they enjoy and suffer a world apart. No one knows if these two worlds are complementary or if they strive to eliminate one another.

(Country: Mexico, France, Netherlands, Germany; Year: 2012; Director: Carlos Reygadas; Writer: Carlos Reygadas; Stars: Adolfo Jiménez Castro, Nathalia Acevedo, Willebaldo Torres)

Full review See: San Sebastian Film Festival Diary: Episode 3

Salsipuedes

A troubled couple’s camping trip is about to be punctuated by a visit from the woman's mother and sister.

(Country: Argentina; Year: 2012; Director: Mariano Luque; Writer: Mariano Luque; Stars: Mara Santucho, Marcelo Arbach, Mariana Briski)

La Sirga

This is the story of Alicia, a woman stripped of her belongings who seeks shelter at La Sirga, the boarding house belonging to her Uncle Oscar on La Cocha Lake.

(Country: Colombia, France, Mexico; Year: 2012; Director: William Vega; Writer: William Vega; Stars: Floralba Achicanoy, Joghis Seudin Arias, Julio César Roble)

Young and Wild (Joven y Alocada)

The portrait of an 17-year-old girl with a Evangelic family upbringing which, rebel by nature, will discover a devastating obstacle to follow the "right path".

(Country: Chile; Year: 2012; Director: Marialy Rivas; Writer: Marialy Rivas, Pedro Peirano, Sebastián Sepúlveda, Camila Gutiérrez; Stars: Alicia Rodríguez, Aline Küppenheim, María Gracia Omegna, Felipe Pinto, Alejandro Goic, Ingrid Isensee, Tomás de Pablo, Pablo Krögh, Hernán Lacalle, Andrea García-Huidobro, Camila Hirane, Luis Gnecco, Catalina Saavedra, Moira Miller, Maria Olga Matte)