In the '90s in Argentina, Flavio Cabobianco, a 9-year-old boy, serious and arrogant, appeared as the author of "I come from the sun", a mystical bestseller that was widely spread on television programs, where the presenters on duty - between condescension and stupefaction - never questioned his supposed revelations.
Director Manuel Abramovich wanted to know what had happened to Cabobianco, and after finding him, now an adult, still spreading his catechism around the world, he decided to make the documentary. However, Abramovich was presented with an unexpected problem: the protagonist's insubordination. From the beginning, Cabobianco tries to impose his own point of view on how he should be portrayed or what he can or cannot show, even seeking to compose his personal staging. A "cock" that becomes the substance of the film, a give and take about what is real and what is represented that also appears put in tension by the memories of his brother who questions the official version of how the famous book was created. The scene in which the overwhelmed director allows himself to be directed by an enthralled Cabobianco is priceless.
– Jorge Morales
Category: Latin American Competition Director: Manuel Abramovich Screenplay: Fernando Krapp, Javier Zevallos, M. Abramovich and Flavio Cabobianco Producer: Manuel Abramovich Photography: Manuel Abramovich and Flavio Cabobianco Editing: Anita Remón Sound: Sofía Straface Duration: 75' Argentina, 2016
Nov 12, 2016
Saturday, 5:45 p.m.
Room A1
Building A, floor 1
$2,500 General.
$1,500 Est. and 3ed.
Sale available only at GAM Ticket Office.