Victoria Maréchal

O documentário de Isabelle Solas é um grito de revolta contra a intolerância patriarcal e religiosa. Intimamente interseccional em sua aceitação da diversidade corporal, ativistas transfeministas na Argentina travam suas batalhas incansáveis com coragem, resiliência e alegria radical.

In the glistening light of the vast Andean mountains lies the village of Contay, three hours away from the nearest bigger city. The myth here says that who dreams of snakes, will argue with their husband the next day. Dreaming of music, brings good news instead. This is the home of Elisa Taboada and her family. She is campaigning in the regional elections as a community speaker, aiming to bring more attention to women’s rights.

Excited by the illusion of political and historical change, three filmmakers join the protests of the Chilean social explosion of 2019. There they meet Ettiene, a 7 year old boy, who is more afraid of fire and protests than of the police. Surprised, they meet him again to understand how he lives apart from what is happening. The next morning and after all the euphoria, the city becomes hostile showing the deep cracks that separate the country.

Diante do mar, Trípoli e Lampedusa, imagens de síntese de um lado e fotografias de outro, como essas representações constroem nosso imaginário?

Nos subúrbios de Buenos Aires, Gabriel acaba de alugar um quarto na casa de Juan, com quem trabalha numa marcenaria. Gabriel é muito quieto e tem uma filha pequena. Juan é um cara festeiro com muitas namoradas a disposição. Tímido e reservado, Gabo está relutante com os sinais e investidas de Juan. Seus sentimentos parecem estar no lugar, mas a atração entre os dois é inegável. O que começa como uma relação sexual casual, logo se transforma em um relacionamento íntimo e terno, que é tão doce quanto desolador.

For Ababacar and Mbaye - two Senegalese immigrants who met and established a great friendship in Buenos Aires - the challenge goes beyond adapting to the customs and living conditions in Argentina, or dealing with the indifference and racism they suffer on a daily basis: both came to an instance of their lives in which they must define a course, and in turn accept that their identities and needs have become more complex. The decision to leave their country was driven by the urgent objective of financially supporting their families, but the stay in Buenos Aires crossed them with new people, new ways of seeing things, and even an economic situation different from that which they found at home. Their different ways of seeing things allow them to see in each other a different version of themselves.