SYNOPSIS

Alaina is tired of being a police officer in the Pine Ridge Reservation, and decides to stop answering her radio. Her niece Sadie spends a long night waiting for her, to no avail. Hurt, she decides to begin her journey with the help of her grandfather: she will fly through time and space to South America, finally she will stop watching old black and white westerns that do not represent her in any way, and everything will feel different when she hears the dreams of other people, those who live in the forest. But there will be no definitive conclusions... Birds don't talk to humans, yet if only we could understand them, they would surely have a few truths to tell us.

Original Title: Eureka Countries: France, Argentina, Germany, Portugal, Mexico Year: 2023 Ratio: 1,85:1 Sound: 5.1 Length: 146 min Languages: English, North American Indian, Portuguese

BIOGRAPHY

Born in 1975 in Buenos Aires, Lisandro Alonso studied for three years at the Universidad del Cine. After co-directing his first short film Dos En La Vereda in 1995, he worked as an assistant director and sound designer until 2000. His first feature film, La Libertad, which focuses on the relationship between a lonely lumberjack and his environment, premiered in Un Certain Regard. After creating his own production company 4L, Alonso returned to Cannes in 2004 with Los Muertos, which premiered in the Directors’ Fortnight. Two years later, he completed his trilogy with Fantasma. In 2008, the director decided to lean toward a more fictional approach with Liverpool, following a young sailor looking for his mother in the lost villages of Tierra del Fuego. Five years later, Jauja, set in 19th century Denmark and Argentina and starring Danish actor Viggo Mortensen, won the FIPRESCI award in the section Un Certain Regard.

FILMOGRAPHY

Eureka - 2023

Jauja - 2015

Sin Titulo (Carta para Serra) - Short Film - 2011

Liverpool - 2009

Fantasma - 2006

Los Muertos - 2004

La Libertad - 2001

Dos En La Vereda - 1995

CREW

Director: Lisandro Alonso Screenwriters: Lisandro Alonso, Fabián Casas, Martin Camaño DOP: Timo Salminen, Mauro Herce Mira Editor: Gonzalo del Val Sound Design: Catriel Vildosola Sound: Santiago Fumagalli, Vincent Cosson Production Designers: Miguel-Angel Rebollo Fernandez-Paniagua, Marlene Rodríguez Serrano Costume Design: Gabriela Fernandez, Natalia Seligson Music: Domingo Cura Production: Slot Machine Producers: Marianne Slot, Carine Leblanc Coproduction: 4L, Luxbox, Komplizen Film, Rosa Filmes, Woo Films, Le Pacte, Arte France Cinéma World Sales: Le Pacte

CAST

Viggo Mortensen, Chiara Mastroianni, Alaina Clifford, Sadie Lapointe, Villbjørk Malling, Adanilo, Marcio Marante, Luísa Cruz, Rafi Pitts

FESTIVALS & AWARDS

Cannes Film Festival - Cannes Première - 2023

Munich Film Festival - Cinemasters Competition - 2023

Jerusalem Film Festival - Masters - 2023

New Horizons International Film Festival - Masters - 2023

Melbourne International Film Festival - International, Latin America - 2023

Lima Film Festival - Fiction Competition - Special Jury Prize, First Honourable Mention of the International Film Critics for Best Film - 2023

Reykjavík International Film Festival - Open Seas - 2023

New York Film Festival - Main Slate - 2023

Busan International Film Festival - Icons - 2023

Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival - Latin Premiere - 2023

Film Fest Gent - Official Selection - 2023

Pingyao International Film Festival - Gala - 2023

Rome Film Fest - Best of 2023 - 2023

Viennale - Features - 2023

Thessaloniki International Film Festival - Special Screenings - 2023

Mar del Plata International Film Festival - Auteurs - 2023

Seville Festival - Official Selection - 2023

Gijón International Film Festival - Official Section Albar Competition - Distribution Award - 2023

LISANDRO ALONSO

Writer-Director