Film description
The Student
Direction: Santiago Mitre.Countries: Argentina.
Year: 2011.
Genre: Thriller.
Format: HD.
Duration: 111 min.
Cast
Producers: Agustina Llambi Campbell, Santiago Mitre, Fernando Brom. Cast: Esteban Lamothe, Romina Paula, Ricardo Félix.
Synopsis
Roque Espinoza arrives in Buenos Aires to begin his university studies. A short time after, he realizes that he is not really there to study. Without a real aim, he spends his time wandering about the university, making friends and meeting girls. One of them, Paula, a professor at the university, introduces him to political militancy. Roque starts attending meetings of her group, where he meets Alberto Acevedo. With him, Roque learns the political codes and to behave like a student leader, and he feels he has finally found his true calling: that politics are his university.
Awards
- International Festival of Independent Film. Argentina, 2011.
- Film Festival of Locarno. Switzerland, 2011.
- International Film Festival. Toronto, 2011.
- International Film Festival. Vancouver, 2011.
- International Film Festival CINEUROPA. Oslo, 2011.
Director's Bio
Santiago Mitre was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1980.
He studied in the Universidad del Cine, Argentina. In 2004, he co-produced a feature film, The Love (Part 1). Since then he has worked as a screenwriter for film and TV. He is one of the writers of Leonera (Cannes 2008) and Carancho (Cannes 2010), both directed by Pablo Trapero. The Student is his first feature-length film.
Screening schedule
| April, 16th at 7:30 PM | Quad Cinema |
| April, 18th at 1:00 PM | Quad Cinema |
| April, 22th at 7:00 PM | The Museum of the Moving Image |
HFFNY news
- The 13th annual Havana Film Festival New York (HFFNY) runs April 12-20 with more than 40 highly anticipated and influential films from and about Latin America, the Caribbean, and Latinos in the U.S. including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Spain, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, and the U.S. More
- 19 films will be competing to receive the third Havana Star Prize for Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay, as <a href=http://www.clreplicas.co.uk/>Christian Louboutin outlet</a> well as the second Havana Star Prize for Best Documentary, which will be awarded on April 20th at the Closing Night ceremony. More
- Proud to pay tribute to those influential figures of the Latin American cinema, the festival honors Cuban actress Eslinda Nuñez. For more than 40 years, Eslinda has participated in some of the most important films made in Cuba. More
- HFFNY is also <a href=\"http://www.leseditionsdeminuit.fr/mulberry.php\">Mulberry</a> honoring one of the masters of the art of photography, <a href=\"http://www.louboutinusoutlet.com/\">Christian Louboutin outlet</a> cinematographer Raul Perez Ureta.
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