Simon de la Montaña

Federico Luis Tachella | Argentina, Chile, Uruguay | 2024 | 97'
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Original title
Simon de la Montaña
Synopsis
Twenty-one-year-old Simón has difficulties of pronunciation, strange movements in his head and body as well as cognitive and relational problems. He lives with his authoritarian mother and a detached stepfather. Without any legal papers, he sneaks into a centre for disabled young people, where he finds comfort making friends with some youngsters and tries in every way to obtain a certificate of invalidity. However, there is something ambiguous in his behaviour…
Cast
Lorenzo Ferro, Pehuén Pedre, Kiara Supini, Laura Nevole, Agustín Toscano, Camila Hirane
Films Distribution
Fandango
Production
20/20 Films, Planta Producciones, Mother Superior
Editing
Federico Luis, Tomás Murphy, Agustín Toscano
Cinematography
Marcos Hastrup
Editing
Tomás Murphy, Andrés Medina
Language
Spanish
Subtitles
Italian
Premiere
Italian Premiere in collaboration with Trento Film Festival- Montagne e Culture
Main awards
Grand Prize (Semaine de la Critique, Cannes Film Festival 2024), Best Film by an Emerging Director, CineVision Awards (Munich Film Festival 2024), Best Actor / Actress Award (Festival du Nouveau Cinéma 2024), Premio del Jurado de Ficción, Mejor Actor (Festival de Cine de Lima PUCP 2024)
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