I’ve only recently discovered Argentinean director Carlos Sorín via El Perro –- his road movie/tale of a pooch who didn’t listen to his master (sounds like a Hollywood holiday movie for some reason) made the film festival circuit rounds. I’m sure the folks at Film Movement thought highly of that picture, but today’s pick-up means they think highly of the filmmaker.
Today, the NY-based indie distributor picked up the North American film rights to the The Window – with plans to open the picture in May.
It is a significant day for 80 year old Antonio. After an absence of many years, his estranged son is coming to visit. All must be perfect. There will be a toast with very special champagne; an embrace; warm words that will maybe finally bridge the gap between them… But before, Antonio must wait. Bedridden, he looks out his window overlooking thee endless Patagonian landscape and sees light and life, the past and the present, while sensing the future. He decides to secretly leave the house, unseen by his faithful caretakers, to take what might be a last walk in his fields, breathing the air, treading the earth, inhaling the scent of the land that had been his life. What could otherwise seem like insignificant memories or moments in one’s life, take a special, beautiful meaning and weight in this poetic, humanistic film.
