TATUADO

(Tattooed)

Spanish/English subtitles
Argentina / 2005 / 90 min
07, Sep, 2007 - 5:30 pm
Pacific Cinémathèque
Director: Eduardo Raspo
Producer: Marcelo Schapces
Screenwriters: Enrique Cortés, Eduardo Raspo
Cinematographer: Marcelo Laccarino
Editor: Mario Pavez
Art Director: Paula Panini
Music: Daniel Melero
Sound: Caparros - Giusti - Guerra
Cast: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Luis Ziembrowski, Jimena Anganuzzi, Antonio Hugo, Horacio Roca, Catalina Speroni, Oscar Alegre
Teenaged Paco lives with his newly married father, step-mother, baby sister and the memory of a mother he never knew. A strange tattoo on his forearm serves as an undecipherable message from his mother and motivates him to learn the real reason why she left. Paco decides to search for his family with the help of his girlfriend. Their search, along with Paco’s father, leads them to a small town to find his relatives and the truth about his mother.

Paco, un adolescente, vive con su padre, madrastra, hermanita y la memoria de una madre que nunca conoció. Un extraño tatuaje en su antebrazo le sirve como mensaje indescifrable de su madre y como motivación para entender la verdadera razón por la que ella se marchó. Paco decide buscar a su familia con la ayuda de su novia. La búsqueda los lleva a un pueblo pequeño al cual viajan junto al padre de Paco para encontrar a sus parientes y la verdad acerca de su madre.
Awards: Best Screenplay Montreal Film Festival / Best Picture Biarritz Film Festival / Best Film and Director Trieste Film Festival / Condor de Plata best actor Viña del Mar Film Festival

Preceding Short: Primera Nieve (Argentina / 15 min)