#6. GIGANTE
Director: Adrian Biniez
Cast: Horacio Camandulle, Leonor Svarcas
Distributor: Film Movement
Buzz: Winner of the Grand Jury Prize Silver Bear, Best First Feature Film and the Alfred Bauer Prize at the 2009 Berlin Int’l Film Festival, Uruguayan helmer Adrián Biniez’s debut might just continue in the tradition of great, uneasy, social commentaries from the current clique of Latin American filmmakers.
The Gist: Security guard Jara falls in love as he supervises staff through the closed-circuit cameras at a supermarket. First voyeur, then guardian angel, he protects and pursues the cleaning woman who has unknowingly captured his heart. The story-line looks like a cautionary tale about voyeurism, much like Andrea Arnold’s Red Road.
TIFF Schedule: TBA
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