

LOS MUERTOS
Lisandro Alonso
With: Argentino Vargas
Production: 4L
Duration: 1h18
Year of production: 2004
French release date: 3rd of November 2004
Nationality: Argentine, France, Pays-Bas
Written by: Lisandro Alonso
French Distribution: ID Distribution
Coproducers: Slot Machine, Fortuna Films, Arte France Cinéma
In association with: Ventura Film, RTSI, Montecinemaverita, Swisscom, Fondation Hubert Bals & VCPRO
Format: 35 mm, Dolby SRD
DOP: Cobi Migliora
Sound: Catriel Vildolsola
Editor: Lisandro Alonso
Music: Flormaleva
Production design: Tim Pannen
Synopsis
A 54-year-old man is released from prison in Corrientes, Argentina. He wants to find his grown daughter who lives in an isolated and swampy region. To get there, he will have to travel great distances on a small boat crisscrossing waterways through impenetrable jungle.
Vargas is a silent and restrained man, who possesses the reserve of those who come into close contact with nature. A deep mystery emerges from him, from the places he travels and from the people he meets, emanating from this immutable world which has remained almost intact after his long years of incarceration.
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Prizes
Directors' Fortnight Cannes 2006
“L’age D’or” Prize / Golden Age Award, Festival Cinédécourvertes/ Filmvondsten 2004
Standard Readers’ Prize, Viennale 2004
Fipresci prize (ex aequo), Viennale 2004

