Barroco / Baroque
A film by Estanislao Buisel Quintana
Argentina, Comedy, 2013
107 min, HD, Color
Spanish with English subtitles
This film was screened as a part of the 2014 Cine Las Americas International Film Festival (CLAIFF17)
A new relationship, a new job, and a new project. For Julio, these three events mark the chaotic fall into love, lies, intrigue, books, and more books. His new girlfriend Laura is a concert flautist, while the project is an apocalyptic photographic novel, which he is making with an old friend. His new job is working at a bookstore, where Julio soon discovers how easy it is to steal books as he pleases. This illicit pastime complicates his relationship with his girlfriend, with his project and his work, revealing that perhaps it’s not just the photobook that is apocalyptic. The film has enjoyed successful festival screenings, including BAFICI and the San Sebastián International Film Festival.
North American Premiere
About the director
Estanislao Buisel was born in Buenos Aires in 1979. After finishing his studies in psychology, he began studying cinema at the FUC (Fundación Universidad del Cine). He directed two shorts, PORTEROS and TENIS, which both premiered at BAFICI. BARROCO is his first full-length film. Currently, he is a screenwriting professor at the FUC.
Credits
Producer: Agustín Gagliardi
Production Companies: El Rayo Verde
Screenwriter: Estanislao Buisel Quintana, Walter Jakob
Cinematographer: Soledad Rodriguez
Editor: Ignacio Masllorens
Sound Design: Tomas Frontroth
Music: Gabriel Chwojnik
Cast: Julián Larquier, Julián Tello, Julia Martinez Rubio, Walter Jakob, Matías Feldman
Print Source: Agustín Gagliardi, agu.gagliardi@gmail.com
