Synopsis
Los días is a film about two twin sisters, their everyday life and the intimacy of their female childhood world.
Martina and Micaela live in the suburbs of Buenos Aires. Norma, their mother, takes care of them and helps them with their activities. She also takes them to catechism classes and to auditions in the capital, aiming for her daughters to become famous actresses.
But this routine is altered when Norma starts working and abandons housework. Martina and Micaela are left alone, and, in a situation of fragile neglect and freedom, they start learning about domestic survival.
Director's bio
Ezequiel Yanco (1976) is a historian and filmmaker based in Buenos Aires. He received a Bachelor’s Degree with honors in History from the University of Buenos Aires, and an MFA in creative writing from New York University. He taught at the Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires. He contributed to magazines such as Los Inrockuptibles and Le Nouvel Observateur. He co-edited Desconfiar de las imágenes (Caja Negra, 2013), a book that compiles a selection of Harun Farocki’s articles.
His filmography includes his feature film Los días (2012), and his shorts La piel (2014), and Transa (2014). He won INCAA’s short film contest Historias Breves, the award for best short film from the National Endowment for the Arts and, with Los Días, the audience award at the Mostra Internacional de Cine de San Pablo.
His second film, La vida en común had its co-world premiere at Visions du Réel (International Feature Film Competition, 2019) and BAFICI (National Feature Film Competition, 2019). It has also been programmed in Viennale, Filmfest Hamburg, DocLisboa, Sheffield Doc/Fest, Mostra de Sao Paulo, Habana, among other festivals. Won Best Documentary at the Biarritz festival. The film received various awards, including Best Documentary at the Biarritz Festival. He is currently developing two feature films, Gloria de los bosques and Ciencia Ficcón. His films are produced by Isoi Cine.
