Cortázar y Antín: cartas iluminadas

Cortázar y Antín: cartas iluminadas 2018

9.10

In the 60s and thanks to the epistolary exchange, the young filmmaker Manuel Antín and the famous writer Julio Cortázar devised four films. An ocean away, a fruitful collaboration and genuine friendship are born.

2018

El perseguidor

El perseguidor 1965

5.70

The story of a saxophonist with delusions of persecution that is being destroyed little by little by means of alcohol, drugs and sex. A story by Cortázar inspired by the life of Charlie Parker, it shows a fragmented narration and remarkable formal aspects.

1965

The entire submission of the self

The entire submission of the self 2024

1

The script is a free adaptation of the short story “Letters to a lady in Paris” by Julio Cortázar. Andrés is a veterinarian who suffers from a strange anomaly: from time to time, he vomits little white bunnies. Naturally, one is not going to comment on it, so he does his best to hide it. It wasn't so terrible, once he got into the unvarying cycle, the method. The problem is that there are now ten of them.

2024