The Frogs
Las Ranas
Argentina | 2020 | DCP | Color | 72 min | Edgardo Castro
FRIDAY 2 | FILMIN LATINO | 24 HRS. | 77 MIN
SUNDAY 4 | CINEMEX REFORMA CASA DE ARTE | 17:30 HRS. | 77 MIN.
Director: Edgardo Castro
Screenplay: Edgardo Castro
Producer: Edgardo Castro
Cinematography: Yarara Rodriguez
Editing: Susana Leunda
Sound: Gabriel Barredo, Guillermo Lombardi, Juan Martín Jimena
Production Company: Edgardo Castro, El Pampero Films, Gema Films
Cast: Bárbara Elisabeth Estanganelli, Nahuel Cabral, Gabriella Illarregui, María Eugenia Stillo, Edgardo David Caseres, Carlos de Jesús Cabral, Susana Hernández, Sabrina Cabral, Gabriel Mendoza, Rubén Darío Quiroz
Synopsis:
A woman visits her boyfriend, locked up in a prison a few hours’ drive away from Buenos Aires. Each week, she manages as best as she can to accomplish her mission: provide her boyfriend food, drugs and love. In an exercise of visceral realism, Edgardo Castro constructs a harrowing love story with Las Ranas.
Biography:
Born in Buenos Aires in 1970. He is a founding member of the KRAPP Group, which came to be in 2000. His debut film. La noche, won the Grand Jury Award at the 18 th BAFICI, a film which he directed, produced and starred in.
Festivals:
Visions du Réel 2020
Festival de Lima – Perú
Contact:
Pablo Mazzola
pablo.mazzola@gmail.com
