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Directed by Andreas Fontana, 2021
SYNOPSIS
Yvan De Wiel, a private banker from Geneva, is going to an Argentina in the midst of a dictatorship to replace his partner, the object of the most worrying rumours, who disappeared overnight. Between hushed lounges, swimming pools and gardens under surveillance, a remote duel between two bankers who, despite different methods, are the accomplices of a discreet and merciless form of colonization.
Performance
Fabrizio RONGIONE
Stéphanie CLEAU
Elli MEDEIROS
Juan TRENCH
Pablo TORRE NILSON
Gilles PRIVAT
Juan Pablo GERRETO
Alexandre TROCKI
Technical Crew
Written and directed by
Andreas FONTANA
Written with the help of
Mariano LLINÁS
Photography
Gabriel SANDRU
Editing
Nicolas DESMAISON
Sound
Xavier LAVOREL
Soundtrack
Paul COURLET
Technical Data
Fiction - France - 2021
100 minutes - 2K - Color - 1.77:1
Versions
French and spanish with french subtitles
French and spanish with english subtitles
Production
Alina Films / Suisse
Ruda Cine / Argentine
Local Films / France
Partenaires
2016 :
SSA grant for a first feature film
MIGROS grant for a film idea
Selection for the International Europe - Latin America Co-production Forum at the San Sebastian Festival
Producers Pooling Program (PPP), organized by Focal
With
the participation of the Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée (CNC)
the participation of INCAA and Suissimage
support from the Office Fédéral de la Culture (Federal Office for Culture)
support from Cinéforom
support from la Loterie Romande
Festivals
World premiere :
Berlinale - Berlin International Film Festival / Germany / 2021
Nominated for Best Foreign Film :
Gotham Independent Film Awards / United States / 2021
Athens International Film Festival / Greece / 2021
San Sebastián International Film Festival / Spain / 2021
Reykjavik International Film Festival / Iceland / 2021
Brussels International Film Festival / Belgium / 2021
London Film Festival - BFI / England / 2021
Jerusalem Film Festival / Israel / 2021
Melbourne International Film Festival / Australia / 2021
New Directors / New Films Festival / United States / 2021
Moscow International Film Festival / Russia / 2021
Selection Films After Tomorrow - Locarno Festival 2020
TRAILER
Born in Moscow, Vladilen Vierny grew up in Belgium. He studied film directing at La fémis in Paris. His graduation film EXILE was shown at the Cinéfondation Cannes Film Festival. His short films were selected in particular at Angers, Clermont-Ferrand, San Sebastian, Munich, Bruxelles. For three years, he worked as Sergey Loznitsa’s assistant and archive researcher. Since 2019, Vladilen teaches film directing at the Moscow School of New Cinema.
ON THE MARCH is his last short film.
