Misael Saavedra Movies
- 2006
Argentine filmmaker Lisandro Alonso wrote and directed this spare and contemplative mood piece, inspired by Tsai Ming-liang's portrait of an empty movie theater, Goodbye, Dragon Inn. Argentino Vargas, who appeared in one of Alonso's previous works, Los Muertos, is invited to attend a special screening of the film, and travels from his small rural village to Buenos Aires for the event. When he arrives, however, Vargas discover only two other people have shown up -- Misael Saavedra, the protagonist of another of Alonso's films, and Alonso himself. Vargas begins exploring the mammoth theater where the screening is taking place as images of himself and his community flash on the huge screen. Fantasma received its North American premier at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Argentino Vargas, Misael Saavedra, (more)
- 2001
This fluidly constructed documentary from Argentinean director Lisandro Alonso follows one day in the life of Misael Saavedra, a woodsman who lives and works in a rural community. As Saavedra rises with the dawn, he sets out to chops down several trees, and then cleans them of their bark before cutting them into timber ready for the fireplace; he eventually takes his day's work to the market, where it fetches him $27. As the rising and setting of the sun bookends Saavedra's day, he is also at the mercy of nature and the elements, as good weather helps him along and thunderstorms bring his work to a halt. La Libertad was screened at the 2001 Buenos Aires Independent Cinema Festival, as well as the same year's Cannes Film Festival, where it was shown in the Un Certain Regard series. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Misael Saavedra
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