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Claves, 2: We will return younger

1984 · 26 min

A thoughtful, talky essay on filmmaking that asks you to listen closely to ideas about truth and fiction.

Directed by
Atahualpa Lichy
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Fernando E. Solanas, Fernando Birri, Marta Rodríguez
Overview
Documentary in four parts on Latin American cinema. Second episode, evoking the border between fiction and documentary. With his film Tire dié (1960), the Argentinian Fernando Birri proposed this manifesto: to create a realistic and critical national cinema, closer to society without falling into populism.

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Directed by
Atahualpa Lichy
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Fernando E. Solanas, Fernando Birri, Marta Rodríguez
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