Antonio Di Benedetto

Movies

Zama
Novel
In a remote South American colony in the late 18th century, officer Zama of the Spanish crown waits in vain for a transfer to a more prestigious location. He suffers small humiliations and petty politicking as he increasingly succumbs to lust and paranoia.
Aballay, the Man without Fear
Book
Aballay was a bad tempered gaucho. After killing a man, the terrified look of the victim's son raised his consciousness about his savagery. Years go by, that kid's look doesn't leave him. Aballay knows that the kid will look for him.
Chiquilines
Story
Álamos talados
Writer
Alberto, a young adolescent from Buenos Aires, is going to spend his vacations at his grandmother's farm in San Rafel, Mendoza. Idyllic site witnessed the awakening of the protagonist's sexuality and the economic ruin of the family. Between adolescence and maturity, seeking love and the path of his vocation, in ruthless struggle with himself he will learn in the hardest way the meaning of life and responsibility.