Magali
(Magalí)
Juan Pablo di Bitonto | Drama, Fiction, Adventure
2019 | 81 minutes | Argentina
After receiving the news of the death of her mother, Magali must travel to a small village in the Argentinean Andes to find her son.
Synopsis
After receiving the news of the death of her mother, Magali returns to the small town where she grew up in the northern region of Argentina. There she finds her 10-year-old son and a close community in which old traditions still make sense. A puma surrounds the town and appears in Magali’s dreams. The animal is eating all the cattle and the town chooses Magali and her son to perform a ritual to guide the animal back to its world.
Reviews
"Between folklore and magical realism the little story becomes giant thanks to the great performance of Eva Bianco." - Juan Pablo Russo, EscribiendoCine
"When everything seems to be heading toward a realist story, the movie takes an interesting turn and incorporates a certain atmosphere of suspense and fantasy that notably strengthen it." - Alejandro Lingenti, La Nación
"Juan Pablo Di Bitonto manages to make this town of a thousand inhabitants a complex world." - Gaspar Zimerman, Clarín
Citation
Main credits
Di Bitonto, Juan Pable (film director)
Di Bitonto, Juan Pable (screenwriter)
Di Bitonto, Juan Pable (film producer)
Gugliotta, Sandra (film producer)
Seggiaro, Daniela (screenwriter)
Bianco, Eva (actor)
Nieva, Cristian (actor)
Other credits
Cinematography, Lucio Bonelli; editors, Juan Pablo Di Bitonto, Cristina Carrasco Hernández; music, Sebastián Escofet.
Citation
Cataloging
Pragda subjects
Culture + Identity
Family
Geography
South America
Women
Youth
Keywords
Clips
Festivals
Warsaw International Film Festival; Festival Internacional de Cine de las Alturas - Audience Award; São Paulo International Film Festival
DIRECTOR: Juan Pablo di Bitonto
NATIONALITY: Argentina
YEAR: 2019
GENRE: Drama, Fiction, Adventure
LANGUAGE: Spanish
COLOR / B&W: Color
GRADE LEVEL: Middle School, High School, College, Adults
SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE
AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE
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