Ficción

On June 22, 2014, a house that had existed for 27 years burned down in a fire. Only some video footage and the memory remain.

More than fifty years after its making, we return to the set of Jean Cocteau's 1946 film "La Belle et la Bete" (Beauty and the Beast). Included are interviews with the the lead actors, the cinematographer, along with excerpts read from the director's journal.

As in a diary or a notebook, images and sounds display -in an intimate and reflective way- the emotional state during (self) exile. A film that blends languages of video art with essayistic documentary; classic B&W Argentine features and found footage with personal archival material; texts from quotes to notes on a diary. We travel to question our identity and the notion of homeland. In doing so, the body is thought of as the territory of one´s own nation. However, places change but the question remains the same: will this be my place?

In 2004, after 174 years in which political power was always held by one or other of the parties on the right, a historic change at last became possible in Uruguay. This documentary was filmed in the days coming up to the election, and it shows how the common people saw their country. The main protagonist is the man in the street. With humour, with intense emotions, with a lot of dignity and a passion for politics, these Uruguayans show how proud they are to be playing a role in their country's history.

After assisting in the murder of her abusive husband and successfully covering it up as a COVID-19 death, Isabelle's guilty conscience haunts her when her mother-in-law reveals knowledge of their dark secret. As Isabelle's paranoia grows, she seeks solace in her manipulative friend Simone, but a series of terrifying events unravel a twisted web of deceit, leading Isabelle to a deadly confrontation with her past.

In a dystopian future, Lucía, a young philosophy student, secludes herself in her grandparents' summer house. Her solitude is only hindered by the ‘Sistema Único de Salud’, which summons her for a new compulsory vaccination that she does not want to comply with, and she has only five days to solve the problem. Time moves forward between memories and encounters that Lucía has with her partner, her best friend and an unexpected visitor. In a poetic key, the film proposes a reflection on individual freedom and freedom of thought as the last trench in the face of a coercive system.

Laura and her father Wilson arrive at a cottage off the beaten path in order to repair it since its owner will soon put the house on sale. They will spend the night there in order to start the repairs the following morning. Everything seems to go on smoothly until Laura hears a sound that comes from outside and gets louder and louder in the upper floor of the house. Wilson goes up to see what is going on while she remains downstairs on her own waiting for her father to come down. The plot is based on a true story that occurred in the 1940s in a small village in Uruguay. La casa muda focuses on the last seventy eight minutes, second by second, as Laura tries to leave the house unharmed and discovers the dark secret it hides.

On Christmas Eve a troubled man escapes from his stress into a forest. He comes across 4 pine cones. They each reveal a Christmas terror which escalates into a real life horror.

Summer is ending and the family hasn't been to the old summerhouse in years. A neighbor calls, warning about noises. Two cousins, Pablo and Nico, have to go and find out what happened, not knowing that they'll find something more than a burglary.