SPE - Spazio Performatico ed Espositivo

April, 5 - 6  

Saturday 6pm
Sunday 7pm

Un Cuento Chino 

Comedy
Sebastián Borensztein
Argentina, 2011, 93’

In Buenos Aires, the bitter and methodical Roberto is a lonely man and the owner of a hardware store. Roberto collects bizarre worldwide news in an album as a hobby and enjoys passing his time watching airplanes at the airport. His acquaintance Mari has an unrequited love for him, but Roberto is always evasive. One day, near the airport, Roberto sees a Chinese named Jun being kicked out of a taxi and takes pity on him. Jun does not speak Spanish and shows a tattoo with an address on his arm. Roberto heads to the spot with Jun and finds out that the place used to belong to Jun's uncle, who had sold it many years before. Roberto goes with Jun to the police station, to the Chinese embassy and to a Chinese neighborhood to seek out his uncle but it is a fruitless search. Roberto lodges Jun in his house and, after a series of incidents, he finds a delivery boy who can translate Chinese and then he learns the compelling story of Jun's life. That's when Roberto realizes their lives had indeed a connection.

Cast
Ricardo Darín, Ignacio Huang, Muriel Santa Ana

Awards

Roma Film Festival — best film, prize of the public
Premios Goya — best Spanish-American film

Saturday 9pm
Sunday 4pm

Infancia clandestina

Drama
Benjamín Ávila
Argentina/Brazil, 2011, 112’

Argentina, 1979. Juan is a boy who is forced to live in exile along with his parents and uncle, who fight the military dictatorship, and has to use a false name to go to school. He faces a a major challenge to his cover when he falls in love with his classmate María. Suddenly, he is told they need to move again, leaving his friends and love behind.

Cast
Cesar Troncoso, Natalia Oreiro, Ernesto Alterio, Teo Gutierrez Moreno, Violeta Palukas

Awards
Festival Internacional Unasur — best fiction film
Argentina Film Critics Association — Silver Condor for best film, best director, best actress for Natalia Oreiro, best supporting actress for Cristina Banegas, best screenplay for Benjamin Ávila and Marcelo Muller
Academia de las Artes y Ciencias Cinematograficas de la Argentina — Premio Sur for best film, best director, best actor for Ernesto Alterio, best actress for Natalia Oreiro, best supporting actor for Cesar Troncoso, best supporting actress for Cristina Banegas, best original screenplay, best editing, best costume design