Piotr: Una mala traducción

Film Information:
Year:

2009

Piotr: A Mistranslation

País:

 

Director:

Martín Seeger

Color:

Color

Format:

HD

Duration:

85 min

Cast:

  • Jorge Becker
  • María José Siebald
  • Klifton Kleinmann
  • Francisco Krebs

Production:

  • GUIÓN: Martín Seeger,
  • Simón Palacios
  • FOTOGRAFÍA: Denise Elphick
  • MONTAJE: Martín Seeger
  • PRODUCCIÓN: Antonino Ballestrazzi

Contact:

  • Escuela de Cine de Chile / Cero Film
  • Antonino Ballestrazzi
  • Avenida Macul 2320
  • 8320000 Santiago, Chile
  • T +56 2 272 6333
  • F +56 2 272 6332
  • E antonino@cerofilm.com
  • W www.piotr.cl

Synopsis

Piotr Herroll’s family had to leave Nacrovia and now lives in exile in Santiago de Chile. Young Piotr is sent to find work. A friend points him out that the Chilean State supports artists; so, he comes up with a play about the story of his unknown country. This carries several problems: he must have Chilean actors, who are less concerned about the meaning of his work. Also, his citizenship credentials are not very reliable. And the language barrier will result in a series of mix ups that will end altering the play. A strange artifact within Chilean cinema, Piotr: Una mala traducción is the result of the filmmakers’ natural evolution from his short films. All of them are spoken in a made up language, Nacrovese, a self-sufficient system created by Seeger and his collaborators. The continuing use of subtitles is incorporated into the plot games, making Piotr Herroll the most unpredictable hero of trans-Andean cinema and turning the film into a sharp comedy about the essence of the Chilean self.

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