An elderly antique dealer of Scottish origin, who moved to Patagonia, opposes along with his two teenage children the construction of an airport that would benefit a multinational tourism company. On his property he builds a fence ("alambrado" in Spanish) and defends it vigorously, while a constant wind blows relentlessly. The striking debut of Marco Bechis presented in competition at the Locarno Festival in 1991, the first chapter of a series of films, including Garage Olimpo (1999) and Hijos (2001), that have dealt with Argentine history, partially experienced by the director personally.
Language: Spanish
Subtitles: Italian
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Marco Bechis
Marco Bechis, director, screenwriter and producer, was born in Santiago, Chile to a Chilean mother of Swiss-French origin and an Italian father. He grew up between São Paulo and Buenos Aires, where in 1977, at the age of twenty, he was kidnapped for political reasons and imprisoned underground. After finding refuge in Italy, in Milan, he began his career as a filmmaker. Among his most notable works are Alambrado (1991), Garage Olimpo (1999), Figli/Hijos (2001), and La terra degli uomini rossi (The Land of the Red Men) (2008). In 2021, he published "La solitudine del sovversivo" (The Solitude of the Subversive) with Guanda, about his experience as a political prisoner and its existential consequences.
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