GIANTS OF VALDES (GIGANTES DE VALDES), 2008, El Dorado Contenidos, 100 min. Dir. Alex Tossenberg. Thomas (Federico D’Elía) works for a multinational company who wishes to develop tourism opportunities in Patagonia. He arrives in the region’s remote Peninsula Valdés under false pretenses to get the townspeople’s agreement to the construction of a five-star resort, not caring about the impact on the ecology and marine life. When he’s unmasked, the locals don’t respond well. Thomas meets Joseph, an illiterate local fisherman whose wisdom will transform him forever.
RAIN (LLUVIA), 2008, Patagonik Films/Shark Films, 110 min. Dir. Paula Hernandez.
Rain falls on Buenos Aires. Alma (Valeria Bertuccelli), newly single after 9 years, and Roberto (Ernesto Alterio), returning after 30 years abroad to a father in a coma, meet in the middle of an endless traffic jam. Alma’s car door opens unexpectedly, Roberto gets in and Alma, not knowing exactly why, lets him.