The Argentine Film Festival, London is proud to announce that the festival will open its fifth edition this August with Pablo Trapero’s THE CLAN (El clan), the true-crime story of the seemingly respectable Puccio family in Argentina who in the early 1980s ran a lucrative family business kidnapping their wealthy neighbors for ransom.
The film will receive its London premiere on Thursday 18th August at Curzon Soho and will be attended by director Pablo Trapero.
THE CLAN (El clan), the true-crime story of the seemingly respectable Puccio family in Argentina who in the early 1980s ran a lucrative family business kidnapping their wealthy neighbors for ransom. Photo (c) El Clan 2016
THE CLAN is written and directed by Pablo Trapero (White Elephant, Carancho, Lion’s Den). It is produced by Pablo Trapero’s Matanza Cine in Argentina, along with producers Hugo Signman and Matías Mosteirin for K&S Films and Agustin and Pedro Almodóvar for El Deseo in Spain (the two production companies behind the BAFTA-winning Wild Tales). It is executive produced by Leticia Cristi and Pola Zito.
The cast is led by Guillermo Francella (from the Oscar-winning The Secret in Their Eyes) as head of the family Arquimedes Puccio, with Peter Lanzani playing his son Alejandro, and Argentine actress Lili Popovich playing his wife Epifania.
About Pablo Trapero
Trapero was announced as the chair of the jury for Un Certain Regard at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival Photo (c) Infobae 2016
Pablo Trapero is an Argentine filmmakers and producer, and is regarded as one of the leading exponents of Latin American cinema.
He has directed eight features to date, including Crane World (Mundo grua, 1999), El bonaerense (2002), Rolling Family (Familia rodante, 2004), Born and Bred (Nacido y criado, 2006), Lion’s Den (Lenoera, 2008), Carancho (The Vulture, 2010, selected as the Argentine entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards), White Elephant (Elefante blanco, 2012, which competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival) and The Clan (El clan, 2015), and he has collaborated on other projects including the 2012 anthology film 7 Days in Havana (Siete días en la Havana) alongside directors Julio Médem, Laurent Cantet, Juan Carlos Tabío, Benicio del Toro , Gaspar Noé, and Elia Suleiman.
In 2014, Trapero was announced as the chair of the jury for Un Certain Regard at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival
In 2015, his film The Clan competed at 72nd Venice International Film Festival. The film subsequently received an honorable mention from the Platform jury at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Argentine Film Festival Programme 2016
For further information visit: www.argentinefilmfestival.com Photo (c) Argentine Film Festival London 2016
THE CLAN is one of eight features to be screened at this year’s festival, which will run from 18-21 August across four London venues: Curzon Soho, Curzon Bloomsbury, Picturehouse Central and the Ritzy.
Highlights of this year’s festival also include a special double bill of Pablo Trapero´s first two films: CRANE WORLD (Mundo grua) and EL BONAERENSE presented by the director, as well as another chance to see his acclaimed filmCARANCHO starring Ricardo Darín.
Other features this year include the UK premiere of Ana Katz’s Sundance Special Jury Award Screenplay winner MY FRIEND FROM THE PARK (Mi amiga del parque), Érica Rivas (the bride from Wild Tales) in Ariel Rotter´s stylish character study INCIDENT LIGHT (La luz incidente), the multiple-Goya winning buddy dramedy TRUMAN starring Ricardo Darín and Javier Cámara and Nico Casavecchia´s charming US-Argentine English language romantic comedy FINDING SOFIAwhich will close the festival this year.
Wines will once again be supplied exclusively by Bodega Argento and Esquinas de Argento Malbec will be available across all bars at Picturehouse Central and the Ritzy, including a Punto Argento at the Ritzy, and at our partner restaurant La Patagonia
Further details on guests and special events will be announced shortly.
For further information visit: www.argentinefilmfestival.com
Full programme details
Photo (c) Clarin 2016
5th Argentine Film Festival, London
18-21 August 2016
Venues: Curzon Soho, Curzon Bloomsbury, Picturehouse Central, Ritzy
www.argentinefilmfestival.com
The Clan (El clan)
Photo (c) El Clan 2016
Director: Pablo Trapero
Stars: Guillermo Francella, Peter Lanzani
Argentine-Spain, 2015
Crime, Drama - 110 mins.
A gripping true-crime noir thriller about
the nature of evil and the true cost of
family loyalty.
London premiere
Plus introduction by director
Pablo Trapero.
Truman
Photo (c) Truman 2016
Director: Cesc Gay
Stars: Ricardo Darín, Javier Camará
Spain, Argentina 2015
108 mins. Drama/Comedy
A genuine, warm and likeable buddy
dramedy starring Goya Award winners
Ricardo Darín and Javier Cámara.
Pablo Trapero
Double bill
Plus introduction by director
Pablo Trapero.
Crane World (Mundo grua), 1999
Photo (c) Mundo Grua 1999
Trapero’s blends gritty realism with comic
touches in his tale of a lovably inept
construction worker in an unjust world.
El Bonaerense, 2002
Photo (c) El Bonaerense 2002
The inner workings of Buenos Aires’
notorious provincial police force are laid
bare in this uncompromising drama.
Pablo Trapero special screening: Carancho (The Vulture)
Photo (c) El Carancho 2016
Director: Pablo Trapero
Stars: Ricardo Darín, Martina Gusman
Argentina 2010, 107 mins
Drama
The shady past of an ambulance-chasing lawyer (Ricardo Darín) threatens his unlikely romance with an idealistic doctor (Martina Gusman).
Incident Light (La luz incidente)
Photo (c) La Luz Incidente 2015
Director: Ariel Rotter
Stars: Érica Rivas
Argentina-France-Uruguay 2015
95 mins. Drama
London Premiere
A young woman accepts the courtship of
a charming but mysterious older suitor in
this stylish character study.
My Friend FromThe Park (Mi amiga del parque)
Photo (c) Mi Amiga del Parque 2015
Director: Ana Katz
Stars: Julieta Zylberberg, Maricel Alvarez, Ana Katz
Argentina-Uruguay 2015, 85 mins
Drama/Comedy
UK Premiere
An unexpected friendship draws young
mum Liz into an unfamiliar world of stolen
cars and paranoia.
Finding Sofia
Photo (c) Finding Sofia 2016\5
Director: Nico Casavecchia
Stars: Sam Huntington, Rafael Spregelburd, Andrea Carballo
USA-Argentina 2015, 112 mins
Comedy in English / Spanish
Alex, an animation filmmaker, decides to
travel to Argentina to meet the mysterious
Sofia, a girl he’s been chatting to online.
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In collaboration with Argentine Film Festival‘s plans for THE CLAN by Pablo Trapero. (Special informative selections from Editor Notes and Production Notes as provided by Creative Director of Celloid Circus Sofia Serbin de Skalon).
