International Competition
HUMAN I ANIMAL / ANIMAL I HUMANO
Alessandro Pugno
Director's bio
Alessandro Pugno
Alessandro Pugno is an Italian director, photographer and poet, based in Spain and closely linked in his work to the Ibero-American world. Among his works we should highlight “In the shadow of the cross” (2013), a documentary about the singing children who still live today in Valle de los Caídos, former Mausoleum of Francisco Franco, which was selected in renowned festivals such as Mar del Plata, Guadalajara, Sao Paulo, Lima, Festival dei Popoli and Málaga, where it won the award for Best Documentary. Animal | Humano is his first fiction feature film.
Synopsis
In a small town in Italy, a boy, Matteo, lives surrounded by coffins and illness. Faced with this daily nonsense, he dreams of dying like a hero in the ring. Thousands of kilometers away, a calf, Fandango, grows up ignoring the purpose for which it was born: to become a fighting bull and fight to death in front of thousands of people.
Details of Cast
Guillermo Bedward (Leading Actor - Matteo), Donovan Raham (Leading Actor - César), Antonio Estrada (Supporting Actor - Augusto), Juan Quiñones (Supporting Actor - Juan), Silvia Degrandi (Supporting Actress - Cristina), Ian Caffo (Child Artist - Male - Matteo (child)), Brontis Jodorowsky (Supporting Actor - Eduardo), Paola Sotgiu (Supporting Actress - Carla)
Details of Crew
Alberto D. Centeno (Cinematographer), Enrico Giovannone (Editor), Giorgio Ferrero & Rodolfo Mongitore (Music), Carlos De la Madrid (Sound Designer ), Pilar Angulo (Art Director)
Producer Details
Jose Alba, Odile Antonio-Baez, Daniele Segre, Paola Herrera
Writer Details
Natacha Kucic, Alessandro Pugno
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