Santiago Giralt Movies

Crises of Argentina's past and present meet head on in this psychological drama, the first feature film from director and screenwriter Lucia Cedron. It's 2002, and Argentina is teetering on the verge of economic collapse when Arturo (Jorge Marrale), a successful ranch owner, is seized and held captive by kidnappers. The kidnappers contact Arturo's granddaughter Guillermina (Leonora Balcarce) and demand a large ransom in exchange for his safe return; however, the economic crisis has left him short on ready cash, and the family doesn't have enough money to make the payoff. Teresa (Mercedes Moran), Guillermina's mother, has left Argentina for France, but flies in to help her daughter in her time of need, though she seems uneasy about getting involved in the crisis at hand. Back in the Seventies, Teresa and her husband Paco (Juan Minujin) were part of a radical group trying to overthrow the military regime ruling Argentina, and she's been asked to testify about the abuses of the ruing junta as part of a public inquest. One of the few people with the money and power to help Guillermina is Gen. Alejandro (Horacio Pena), who has been friends with Arturo for years; he is willing to help pay the ransom, but under one condition -- that Teresa refuse to testify at the upcoming hearings. Cordero de Dios (aka Lamb Of God) received its world premiere at the 2008 Rotterdam Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Argentinian filmmakers Santiago Giralt, Camila Toker, Tamae Garateguy co-wrote, co-directed and star in this low-budget comedy about a filmshoot gone awry. Giralt and Garateguy play a pair of indie auteurs who win a chunk of cash to produce their masterpiece, a film starring an actress played by Toker. Unfortunately, problems arise almost from the first minute, when a potential producer wants to switch out the current leading lady, a friend of Giralt and Garateguy, for a well-known actress. This causes a major rift between the filmmakers and their friend, and things don't get much better when the star passes on the project and the two are left begging at their friend's door. Upa! An Argentinian Film premiered at the 2007 Buenos Aires Film Festival. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi