Synopsis
CENTAUR is a Greco-creole, grassroots political western set among the palm trees and the digital antennas of the oil-manufacturing Argentine pampas. When the bad gaucho summons the spirit of his dead brother, the drama of representation is unleashed and violence –always instrumental– emerges in the shape of a riding crop-knife the horse-man carries.
Director's bio
Nicolás Suárez was born in Buenos Aires in 1987. He completed his studies on Screenwriting at ENERC and Literature at the University of Buenos Aires. He currently teaches Literary Theory and pursues a PhD on Argentine literature and cinema. He has co-directed and written the feature film “Hijos Nuestros” (2015), screened at such festivals as Mar del Plata, Malaga, Toulouse, Montevideo, Cartagena and Guadalajara. His short film “CENTAUR” was awarded the Historias Breves prize by the Argentinian National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts. His book “The work and life of Sarmiento in cinema” was awarded in the National and Federal Contest of Studies on Argentine Cinema, and is to be published in 2017.
