Films A to Z
Breve historia del planeta verde
- Runtime:
- 75.0 min.
- Year of Production:
- 2019
- Country:
- Argentina/Germany/Brazil/Spain
- Director:
- Cast:
- Romina Escobar
Paula Grinszpan
Luis Soda - Production Company:
- CSPFILMS
- Berlinale Section:
- Panorama
- Berlinale Category:
- Feature Film
- Teddy Awards:
- TEDDY Readers Award
Best Feature Film
‘We’re all a bit odd’, says Pedro at some point in the presence of Daniela and Tania. They are about to reveal to someone else the content of their suitcase: a purple-coloured, child-sized alien with huge, dark eyes. The three friends, who are presently going through a phase of varying levels of disenchantment in their lives, have spent the last few days following a map left by Tania’s grandmother. She has just passed away; her last wish was that the alien be returned to the spot where it originally appeared on earth. Mildly surprised but relatively unfazed by the discovery that her grandma has spent her final years in the caring company of a cute alien, Tania, a trans* woman, embarks with her friends on a journey through small-town Argentina. As their trip progresses, their emotional void slowly gives way to new-found strength.
Favouring quiet emotions over wordy exchanges, and underdogs over conventional heroes, Santiago Loza assuredly sidesteps conventions of genre and storytelling to unfold this neon-lit tale of unconditional friendship.
BIOGRAFIE Santiago Loza
Born in Córdoba, Argentina in 1971, he studied at the Universidad Nacional, the Escuela Nacional de Experimentación y Realización Cinematográfica (ENERC) and the Escuela Municipal de Artes Dramáticas. His debut feature film Extraño won the Tiger Award for Best Picture at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. His experimental, documentary and feature films have screened at Cannes, Locarno and Buenos Aires and have won several awards. In 2013 his film La Paz screened in the Forum, in 2018 he presented Malambo, el hombre bueno in Panorama. Alongside his work as a film director, he is also a screenwriter and playwright.
FILMOGRAFIE Santiago Loza (selection)
2019 Breve historia del planeta verde
2017 Malambo, el hombre bueno
2014 Si je suis perdu, c'est pas grave (Si estoy perdido no es grave)
2014 El asombro
2013 La paz; Forum
2010 Los labios (The Lips)
2009 La invención de la carne (The Invention Of Flesh)
2008 Rosa patria
2008 Ártico (Artic)
2005 Cuatro mujeres descalzas (Four Barefoot Women)
2002 Extraño (Strange)
Santiago Loza @ IMDb
Interview on 'Breve Historia del Planteta Verde'
Santiago Loza wins the TEDDY Reader's Award 2019
Santiago Loza wins the TEDDY AWARD for Best Feature Film