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San Sebastian Film Festival · 2014

San Sebastian Film Festival 2014

Horizontes Latinos

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14 films · 6 reviews

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August Winds (Ventos De Agosto)

Review preview for August Winds

Through an intimate story of a close-knit community, Mascaro takes on wider themes of global warming in a subtle way.

Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
A teenager finds adventure when she leaves the city to look after her grandmother.

(Country: Brazil; Year: 2014; Director: Gabriel Mascaro; Writer: Gabriel Mascaro; Stars: Dandara de Morais, Geová Manoel Dos Santos)

Casa Grande

The emotional journey of a middle-class Rio teenager.

(Country: Brazil; Year: 2014; Director: Fellipe Barbosa; Writer: Fellipe Barbosa, Karen Sztajnberg; Stars: Thales Cavalcanti, Marcello Novaes, Suzana Pires, Alice Melo, Bruna Amaya, Clarissa Pinheiro)

Futuro Beach

Review preview for Futuro Beach

If you're willing to go with the flow, this study of emotion develops and maintains a sensual and sensory intensity.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
A lifeguard finds love in an unexpected place.

(Country: Brazil, Germany; Year: 2014; Director: Karim Ainouz; Writer: Felipe Bragança, Karim Ainouz; Stars: Wagner Moura, Clemens Schick, Jesuíta Barbosa, Fred Lima, Thomas Aquino, Maj. Barreto, Marcus Davis Andrade Braga, Savio Ygor Ramos, Demick Lopes, Jean Philippe Kodjo Adabra, Sabine Timoteo, Yannik Burwiek, Christoph Zrenner, Natascha Paulick, Ingo Naujoks)

Gente De Bien

Communication founders between a father and his nine-year-old son.

(Country: Colombia; Year: 2014; Director: Franco Lolli)

Güeros

Coming of age comedy.

(Country: Mexico; Year: 2014; Director: Alonso Ruizpalacios; Writer: Alonso Ruizpalacios, Gibrán Portela; Stars: Tenoch Huerta, Sebastián Aguirre, Ilse Salas, Leonardo Ortizgris, Raúl Briones, Laura Almela, Adrian Ladron, Camila Lora, Alfonso Charpener)

History Of Fear (Historia del Miedo)

A hot summer. A private district with an enormous park. An abandoned plot of land in the suburbs and an uncontrollable wave of smoke spark uncertainty and chaos.

(Country: Argentina, France, Germany, Uruguay; Year: 2014; Director: Benjamín Naishtat; Writer: Benjamín Naishtat; Stars: Jonathan Da Rosa, Tatiana Giménez, Mirella Pascual, Claudia Cantero, Francisco Lumerman, César Bordón, Valeria Lois, Elsa Bois, Edgardo Castro, Mara Bestelli, Daniel Leguizamón)

Jauja (Land Of Plenty)

Review preview for Jauja

Stunningly shot by cinematographer Timo Salminen, who illuminated landscapes as if they were Eckersberg paintings, the film is framed in 4:3 aspect ratio, creating the sense that there's always something just out of sight.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
A dad and daughter's odyssey into a desert.

(Country: Argentina, Denmark, US, Mexico, Netherlands, Germany, France; Year: 2014; Director: Lisandro Alonso; Writer: Lisandro Alonso, Fabian Casas; Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Ghita Nørby)

Natural Sciences (Ciencias naturales)

There’s nothing to keep Lila at her boarding school high up in the cold and foggy mountains. This 12-year-old girl does not know who her father is but wants to find him. She sets out on a complicated quest for the truth.

(Country: Argentina; Year: 2014; Director: Matías Lucchesi; Writer: Matías Lucchesi; Stars: Paula Hertzog, Paola Barrientos, Sergio Boris)

The Princess of France (La Princesa de francia)

Review preview for The Princess of France

It only lasts an economical 70 minutes but seems considerably longer

Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
A year after his father’s death, Victor returns to Buenos Aires in order to reconquer the life he was forced to abandon. He brings a new project with him for his former theater company: a radio-play of Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost.

(Country: Argentina; Year: 2014; Director: Matías Piñeiro; Stars: Julián Larquier Tellarini, Agustina Muñoz, Alessio Rigo de Righi, María Villar, Romina Paula, Laura Paredes, Elisa Carricajo, Gabi Saidón, Pablo Sigal, Julián Tello, Juan Chacón )

Refugiado

Review preview for Refugiado

A suspenseful and jittery depiction of how fear can nestle in the place where you should feel safest.

Rebecca Naughten · 4 out of 5
After a young boy finds his mother unconscious on the floor, they decide to flee their abusive home life and embark on a terrifying journey.

(Country: Argentina, France, Germany; Year: 2014; Director: Diego Lerman; Writer: Diego Lerman, María Meira; Stars: Julieta Díaz, Sebastián Molinaro, Marta Lubos, Valentina García Guerrero, Silvia Bayle, Sofía Palomino, Sandra Villani, Paula Ituriza, Carlos Weber)

La Salada

Three tales of new migrants to Argentina.

(Country: Argentina; Year: 2014; Director: Juán Martín Hsu; Writer: Juán Martín Hsu; Stars: Paloma Contreras, Esteban Ho, Ignacio Huang, Yun Seon Kim, Nicolás Mateo, Chang Sung King, Limbert Ticona)

The Third Side Of The River (La tercera orilla, The Third Bank)

A youngster struggles to come to terms with his father's second family.

(Country: Argentina; Year: 2014; Director: Celina Murga; Writer: Gabriel Medina, Celina Murga; Stars: Alian Devetac, Daniel Veronese)

To Kill A Man (Matar Un Hombre)

Review preview for To Kill A Man

The act of revenge here is presented not as an outlet for anger but as one of desperation, an emotion that runs through the film.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
A man is pushed to the limit by a thug who badly injures his son.

(Country: Chile, France; Year: 2014; Director: Alejandro Fernandez Almendras; Writer: Alejandro Fernandez Almendras; Stars: Daniel Candia, Daniel Antivilo, Alejandra Yañez, Ariel Mateluna)

Two Shots Fired (Dos Disparos, Two Gunshots)

After a teenager shoots himself and survives, those around him must live with the consequences.

(Country: Argentina; Year: 2014; Director: Martín Rejtman; Writer: Martín Rejtman)