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25 Alternative 2011 TIFF Picks: Santiago Mitre’s The Student

Coming in from BAFICI, and preceding its big center stage NYFF unveiling, The Student is one of the year’s most promising unknowns. As the writer for Cannes-competing Lion’s Den, it’s no surprise that Mitre’s got big-name potential. This is his second feature, and his first to play anywhere in North America. If it does well, look for huge things in this guy’s future.

Blake Williams

Published on September 2, 2011

#18. The Student

Director: Santiago Mitre
Cast: Esteban Lamothe Romina Paula Ricardo Felix Valeria Correa
Distributor: Rights Available

Buzz: Coming in from BAFICI, and preceding its big center stage NYFF unveiling, The Student is one of the year’s most promising unknowns. As the writer for Cannes-competing Lion’s Den, it’s no surprise that Mitre’s got big-name potential. This is his second feature, and his first to play anywhere in North America. If it does well, look for huge things in this guy’s future.

The Gist: A university-hopping student rations his time negotiating politics and opposite-sex seductions. When these hobbies set sights on one of his professors, matters become predictably grave.

TIFF Schedule: Monday September 12 TIFF Bell Lightbox 4 6:15pm
Wednesday September 14 AMC 9 9:00pm
Saturday September 17 AMC 7 10:00am

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Blake Williams

Blake Williams is an avant-garde filmmaker born in Houston, currently living and working in Toronto. He recently entered the PhD program at University of Toronto's Cinema Studies Institute, and has screened his video work at TIFF (2011 & '12), Tribeca (2013), Images Festival (2012), Jihlava (2012), and the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley. Blake has contributed to IONCINEMA.com's coverage for film festivals such as Cannes, TIFF, and Hot Docs. Top Films From Contemporary Film Auteurs: Almodóvar (Talk to Her), Coen Bros. (Fargo), Dardennes (Rosetta), Haneke (Code Unknown), Hsiao-Hsien (Flight of the Red Balloon), Kar-wai (Happy Together), Kiarostami (Where is the Friend's Home?), Lynch (INLAND EMPIRE), Tarantino (Reservoir Dogs), Van Sant (Last Days), Von Trier (The Idiots)