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EL DESTELLO

THE FLICKER

By Gabriel SZOLLOSY

LIBRECINE BT - as PROD

Documentary - Completed 2011

The epic tale of one man’s fight to break the cycle of poverty that accompanied his family for generations.

Visions du Réel 2011

International Competititon

BAFICI (Buenos Aires) 2011

Panorama

Festival Internacional de Cali, Colombia 2011

Main Programme

Uruguay International Film Festival 2011

Main Competition

Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, Austin TX 2012

Main Programme

É Tudo Verdade 2012

Latin-American Focus

Rhode Island IFF 2012

Documentaries

- Year of production
- 2011
- Genres
- Documentary
- Countries
- URUGUAY, SPAIN
- Languages
- SPANISH, ENGLISH
- Budget
- 0.3 - 0.6 M$
- Duration
- 78 mn
- Director(s)
- Gabriel SZOLLOSY
- Writer(s)
- Gabriel SZOLLOSY
- Cast
- Horacio PEREIRA
- Producer(s)
- Anna JANCSO (Librecine)
- Synopsis
- A film about poverty, dreams, and the power of will, The Flicker tells the story of Horacio, a 45 year-old Uruguayan soldier, who works as a lighthouse keeper on the Island of Sea Lions in the South Atlantic. Horacio is poor and will soon retire. Meanwhile he sits amongst 250 thousand sea wolves, he dreams of building a sewing machine repair shop in his backyard and giving a future to his daughter. To save up sufficient money to accomplish his dream, Horacio has to return to the land of his ancestors, the DR of Congo, as member of Uruguay's peace keeping force. The journey, which begins as a means of economic progress, soon becomes a journey to his own past, to the roots of his family’s poverty and their commitment to serve.