Interview: Benjamín Naishtat & Esteban Bigliardi – Glaxo

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World premiering at the 2026 Toronto Intl. Film Festival, with Glaxo, Argentine’s Benjamín Naishtat returns to the moral rot beneath respectable provincial life, a territory he explored with chilling precision in Rojo, while bringing a different energy to Hernán Ronsino’s fractured tale of friendship, betrayal and violence in the Argentine pampas. Following the biting academic comedy of Puan, the film finds Naishtat balancing dark humor, youthful sexuality and historical dread, as shifting timelines and aspect ratios reveal a community haunted by the crimes it would rather forget. In conversation with actor Esteban Bigliardi, Naishtat discusses adapting Ronsino’s novel, the film’s visual architecture, and the uneasy relationship between personal guilt and Argentina’s violent past. Here is my sit down with the pair:

Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society), FIPRESCI and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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