Leading Actor

(El actor principal)
Paula Markovitch | Drama, Fiction

2020 | 75 minutes | Mexico, Argentina

Luis, an amateur actor, forgoes his movie premiere at a renowned festival to be with Azra, a chambermaid from Albania with an enigmatic scar.

Cinema Studies Culture + Identity Economics + Social Class Issues South America
Synopsis

Luis, a non-professional actor, is about to attend the international premiere of his movie in a major festival in Berlin, when he meets Azra, an Albanian cleaning lady with a mysterious scar. Luis prefers to not go to the premiere and stay with her instead. They develop an intense friendship which makes them reveal strange secrets.

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Main credits

Markovitch, Paula (film director)
Markovitch, Paula (screenwriter)
Markovitch, Paula (film producer)
Valle, Mauricio (film producer)
Pineda, Geminiano (film producer)
Cerón, Marcelo (actor)
Bajraj, Vjollça (actor)
Vega, Antonio (actor)

Other credits

Cinematography, Bruno Santamaría; editor, Andrea Rabasa; music, Sergio Gurrola.


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Keywords
Independent,acting professional,film festivals,friendship,filmmaking life,cinema studies,film studies,cinema,film,movies,motion pictures,film history,film production,film criticism,cinema history,cinema production,cinema criticism,movie history,movie production,movie criticism,history of cinema,history of film,culture,identity,identity politics,culture wars,left wing,right wing,intersectionality,identity groups,civilization,literacy,humanism,cancel culture,online culture,cultural revolution,cultural diffusion,culture shock,popular culture,pop culture,material culture,cultural capital,cultural assimilation ,economics,social class,money,capital,capitalism,class,economy,prejudice,intersectionality,inequality,poverty,income gap,wage gap,class warfare,elitism,snobbery,bourgeois,poverty,upper class,middle class,lower class,nouveau riche; "Leading Actor"; Pragda Films
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Festivals

New Horizon International Film Festival; Morelia International Film Festival; CineLatinoTrieste

DIRECTOR: Paula Markovitch

NATIONALITY: Mexico, Argentina

YEAR: 2020

GENRE: Drama, Fiction

LANGUAGE: Spanish; English

COLOR / B&W: Color

GRADE LEVEL: Middle School, High School, College, Adults

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AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE

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