So, of course, calm and highly melancholic, the Emergence of an extra-terrestrial being, have been recorded rarely. “I knew that they exist, but I’ve never seen a” – “It looks so calm. Like a tree or a Plant“. To Tania, Pedro and Daniela, the small child seems big purple Alien, the lifts gently with each breath, its transparent tummy, comforting. Finally, the three have been friends since they were children closely, and as social Outcasts even quite “alien” and “none of the species belonging to”. Once the trans woman, Tania reflected, literally, in the large black eyes of the creature. A symbiosis suggests itself.

Santiago Lozas “Breve historia del planeta verde” is a silent to Sci Fi, B-Movie, and a story of redemption with a hover over of the Film, as it is the Argentine Director called, “Marti Republican Humor”. The Plot is as sketchy as the embodiment of the figures, the narrative is carried by a strange, jaded atmosphere. Tania, Pedro and Daniela from beams is slightly Injured, but also Brave. The Film shows you at the beginning of succession in the early morning, awakening a usually trite motive for the introduction of characters. Here, however, the figures do not seem to come properly in the day and in the world. In the half-waking state also, the camera seems to be liable to the ambient sounds, it wanders a little cloudy.

travel through rural Argentina

The Alien is an “heirloom” of Tania’s deceased grandmother, all of a sudden not being recorded at home. He went there as well. Photos show how it takes a bath, next to the old woman in the bed and listen to the Radio. Now, that is the great maternal last will, it is to be back to the place where it originally appeared. So the trio embarks on a trip through rural Argentina, the quiet cooing Alien between ice-cubes embedded in a rolling suitcase. The need for cooling replenishment can be repeated in secluded Bars. Suspicious, hostile, well-hidden desire to be directed glances of Men on it, once it comes to an outbreak of physical violence. The implied conflicts, and damage the characters do not, however, be formulated. In this “short” and deeply touching story of the depth, inter-species gang that is Floating narrative stance and be wise at the same time.

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Teddy Award, The queer films of the Berlinale, 2019

Nadine Long

13.2., 20: 15 (Cubix 7), 16.2., 22 PM (Cinestar 3)