Within a human and humorous story we hope to depict a society that may finally be starting to acknowledge its own place in the world,” he added. “These are fundamental to the disorienting Argentine identity, and its academia is a central part of this conundrum. “Argentine society is built on many contradictions: the compulsive, aspirational desire to think of this country within a European imaginarium the everlasting denial of any cultural roots beyond the city of Buenos Aires,” Naishtat has commented. Pandora and Bubbles also co-produced “A Family Submerged.” “Puan” is produced by Barbara Sarasola-Day and Federico Eibuszyc’s Pucará Cine, which also backed Naishtat’s “The Movement” and “Rojo,” and Barbara Francisco’s 13-year old firm Pasto Cine, behind “A Family Submerged” and the“The Student,” the debut of “Argentina, 1985” director Santiago Mitre.Ĭo-producers take in Infinity Hill, which backed “Argentina, 1985,” Germany’s Pandora Filmproduktion (“The Moneychanger”), a frequent co-producer with Latin America, France’s Atelier de Production (“Playlist”), Italy’s Kino Produzioni (“Delta”) and Brazil’s Bubbles Project (“Loveling”). He expects to inherit Caselli’s chair, until challenged by a charismatic, seductive contender, Rafael Sujarchuk, just back from a high post at a university in Europe.Īs the two battle for the professorship, triggering what is described as a “hilarious philosophical duel,” Marcelo’s life – and Argentina – spiral into chaos. Here, philosophy lecturer Marcelo (Marcelo Subiotto, “Incident Light”) sees his life suddenly turned upside down by the death of his mentor, Professor Caselli. Also written by Alché and Naishtat, “Puan” looks like another state of the nation take, delivered, however, in lighter comic terms, set at the “weirdly amazing” – Naishtat’s words – Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Buenos Aires, known as “Puan.”
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