Ventana Sur: Primer Corte, Copia Final Take in New Titles From Rigoberto Perezcano, José María Cabral, Antonella Sudasassi
variety.comAnna Marie de la Fuente Backed by the Cannes Film Market and Argentina’s INCAA film agency, the 15th Ventana Sur and its much anticipated works in progress sections, Primer Corte and Copia Final, unspool over Nov.
27-Dec. 1 in Buenos Aires. This year’s crop of films, either in post-production or completed, make scant reference to the region’s brutal historical past, perhaps with the exception of “Pepe” by Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias, which begins with the capture of drug lord Pablo Escobar who sowed terror and chaos for years in Colombia, or José María Cabral’s “Tiguere,” set in a ‘90s Dominican Republic.
In contrast, they focus more on human interest stories as in the territorial dispute in “El Casero”; family clashes in “November” and “Una casa con dos perros” – also a reference to Argentina’s economic crisis – as well as issues of identity and intergenerational relationships.
In Mexican filmmaker Rigoberto Perezcano’s poignant black-and-white drama, “Los Amantes se despiden con la mirada,” parents force their will on their daughter to marry an older man. “Los Ahogados” (“The Drowned”) by Juan Sebastián Jácome and Víctor Mares is a slickly done suspense thriller that also reflects on the social divide among the haves and have-nots.
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