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Docnoir: Competition Films
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| 18/11/2008 |
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Les naufragés des Andes (Stranded, the Andes Crash Plane) by Gonzalo Arijón
France, 127’
On October 12, 1972, an airplane of the Uruguayan Air Force left Montevideo headed for Santiago del Chile carrying the rugby team Old Christians. The plane is forced to make an emergency layover in Mendoza, Argentina due to bad weather conditions. The following day, shortly after continuing on its way, all traces of the airplane and its passengers were lost. For 10 weeks the rescue teams sent from Argentina, Chile and Uruguay could not find them.
The End by Nicola Collins
UK/US, 70’
The e daughter of a notorious English gangster decides to film her father and his old gang. Leo Falco, the director’s father, speaks frankly of his life. The interviews and memories of her father and the others paint a portrait of a difficult life, from which crime was the only way out.
Parafernalia by Massimo Coppola and Giovanni Giommi
Italy, 75’
The daughter of a former police officer jailed for violence again minors and an evangelical convert, in Brazil Ana Carolina Diaz is a star. Known by the name Menina Predagora, at 12 she preaches to huge crowds. Religion is seen as a refuge in a world overrun by violence.
Apology of an Economic Hitman by Stelios Koul
Greece, 2008, 90’
From 1970-80, John Perkins was a covert economic hitman, working as an economic spy to maintain the dependence of numerous countries on the US economy, especially in South America. Based on Perkins’ bestselling autobiography, the Greek director has made a political docu-thriller that is also a noir on the current global situation.
Strange Death by Shachar Magen
Israel, 2008, 60’
Three elderly sisters investigate the past of their grandmother, killed during the British Mandate of Palestine, in the midst of a battle between political groups. Their aim is to expose the accumulated lies behind this tragic event. An investigative film not lacking in humor, which tries to resolve one of history’s many small mysteries.
Oso blanco by Christian Sau
Mexico/US, 90’
Life in of the most notorious prisons in the world, Puerto Rico’s Oso Blanco, which has produced some of the worst gangs to hit American cities. A portrait of desperate and violent human beings at the limits of desperation.
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