LOS MUERTOS by Lisandro Alonso

Directors' Fortnight Cannes 2004

Synopsis :

A 54 year old man gets out of jail in  the Province of Corrientes,  Argentina. Once released, he wants to find his now adult daughter who lives  in a swampy and remote area. To get there, he must cross great distances in a small boat on the rivers scoring  deep into the jungle. Vargas is a quiet and self-contained man, he possesses the restraint  of those living  close to nature. A deep mystery surrounds him, the people he encounters and the places he goes through that takes in the unalterable world he finds almost unchanged after his long years of incarceration

Title : LOS MUERTOS
Original title : LOS MUERTOS
Director : Lisandro Alonso
Casting : Argentino Vargas
Genre : Fiction
Length : 78min
Format : 35mm, 1,85
Sound : Dolby SRD
Director of photography : Cobi Migliora
Editor : Lisandro Alonso
sound engineer : Catriel Vildolsola
Film score : Flormaleva    
Country of Origin : Argentine, France, Hollande
Year of production : 2004
Producer : Slot Machine - 4L - Fortuna Films    
Coproducers : Arte France Cinéma
In collaboration with : Ventura Film, RTSI, Montecinemaverita, Swisscom, Fondation Hubert Bals & VCPRO

Principal cast :

Argentino VARGAS

Price :

* Quinzaine des Réalisateurs, Cannes 2004
* Prix "L'age D'or" / Golden Age Award, Festival Cinédécourvertes/ Filmvondsten 2004 - Belgique
* Standard Readers' Prize, Viennale 2004
* Fipresci prize (ex aequo), Viennale 2004
* Czech Television Award for the Forum of Independants' Best Film, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2005
* Jury special Prize, Int.Yerevan Film Festival. Golden Apricot 2005 
* Best Feature Film, Festival International de Santiago de Chile 2005

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