Misael works alone with his axe, cutting down trees in the woods. An unexpected responsibility upends his life, and the logic of his days fades away in a nature where human reason holds no meaning.
- Cannes Film Festival – Directors' Fortnight
Lisandro Alonso is a director and screenwriter, a key figure in the New Argentine Cinema. Since La Libertad (2001), which premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival, his work has maintained a constant presence at the festival, where Los Muertos (2004), Fantasma (2006) and Liverpool (2008) were also screened. In 2014, Jauja, starring Viggo Mortensen, won the FIPRESCI Prize in Un Certain Regard. His next feature film, Eureka (2023), premiered at the Cannes Film Festival – Cannes Premiere.
- Eureka – 2023
- Jauja – 2014
- Liverpool – 2008
- Fantasma – 2006
- Los Muertos – 2004
- La Libertad – 2001
Misael Saavedra
Catalina Saavedra
Adrián Fondari
Alcides Fink
Laura López Moyano
Alberto Villarroel
Hugo Fabián Sanchez
Iván Carra
Ariel Ali Quiroz
Sordo
Screenwriter: Lisandro Alonso
Director of photography: Cobi Migliora
Art director: Pascual Mena
Editors: Catalina Marín in collaboration with Martín Mainoli & Manuel Ferrari
Costume Design: Natalia Rodriguez
Sound: Catriel Vildosola, Santiago Fumagalli
Music: Peter Rosenthal
Production: Planta, Deptford, 4L
Producers: Fernando Bascuñán, Augusto Matte, Lisandro Alonso
Coproduction: Les films fauves, The Match Factory, Cimarrón, Pulpa Film, Carte Blanche.
Coproducers: Gilles Chanial, Michael Weber, Viola Fügen, Hernán Musaluppi, Santiago López, Diego Robino, Denise Ping Lee, Roberto Minervini, Ilse Hughan, Kyle Stroud
Executive producers: Paloma Torras, Fernando Fuentes, Lilia Senna
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