Primas

Direction: Laura Bari
Script/Script: Laura Bari
Director of Photography/Photography: Laura Bari
Editing/Edit: Laura Bari
Music/Music: Florencia di Concillio, Marco Liy, Juan Pablo Fernandez
Producer/Production: Andreas Mendritzki, Aonan Yang: GreenGround Productions
Country of Production/Country: Canada / Canada
Duration: 100'
Production Year/Year: 2017
Language/Language: Spanish / Spanish
Subtitles: English, Greek / English, English

Synopsis:

PRIMAS, is an evocative portrait of two cousins, Rocío and Aldana, Argentine teenagers, who after degrading acts of violence that interrupted their childhood, will be freed from the shadows of the past. Travelling to Argentina and Montreal, the girls have reached an age that has apocalyptic experiences in their daily lives. Dance lessons, mimes, theatre, circus and visual arts. They express through their bodies, what can only be revealed by their imagination, their unique perspective and their impenetrable endurance.

PRIMAS, is an evocative portrait of two cousins, Rocío and Aldana, Argentinian teenagers who, in the wake of heinous acts of violence that interrupted their childhoods, will free themselves from the shadows of their past. Traveling in Argentina and Montreal the girls come of age having revelatory experiences in their everyday lives; learning dance, mime, theatre, circus and visual arts. They express through their bodies what only their imagination, their unique perspective and their unshakable resilience can reveal.

Director's/Biography Biography:

Laura Bari is from Argentina, a self-taught filmmaker, currently residing in Montreal. ANTOINE (2009), her first feature film, about the fictional life of a blind boy, was screened at 30 festivals around the world and won 15 awards. Ariel's second film (2013) talks about a man who builds his identity from scratch after a terrible accident. PRIMAS concludes her trilogy, revealing once again the power of imagination, through her unique artistic approach. Bari pushes the boundaries between the real and the unreal.

Laura Bari is from Argentina, self-taught filmmaker, she currently resides in Montreal. ANTOINE (2009), her ﬁrst full-length ﬁlm, about the imaginary life of a blind boy, was shown at some 30 festivals around the world, winning 15 prizes. Her second ﬁlm, ARIEL (2013), is about a man who rebuilds his identity after a terrible accident. PRIMAS completes her trilogy, revealing once again the power of imagination through her unique artistic approach. Bari pushes the boundaries between the real and the unreal.