ZOMBIES IN THE SUGAR CANE FIELD. THE DOCUMENTARY

ZOMBIES EN EL CAÑAVERAL. EL DOCUMENTAL

By Pablo SCHEMBRI

PELÍCULAS ZAPRUDER - as PROD

Biography - Completed 2019

In 1965, three years before the release of George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead, in Tucumán, director Ofelio Linares Montt shot Zombies in the Sugar Cane Field, a horror film with strong political allegories. The film opened in the us to great success, but when it was time for its Argentine release, in the midst of Ongania's regime, things went south and all trace of the film was lost. Following Luciano Saracino, a writer in search for the film's original screenplay,
Schembri's documentary researches the steps of this cursed classic, with a few surviving images and testimonies of critics, filmmakers and the beloved Isabel Sarli. At the end, an idea is summoned: aren't there too many "coincidences" betreen Linares Montt's and George A.
Romero's films?

Festivals
& Awards

Mar Del Plata IFF 2019
Las Venas Abiertas
Ventana Sur 2019
Blood Window
Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre 2019
Best movie, Audience Award, Best script and Best actor
Sitges FF 2020
Fantasia FF 2020
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Biography, Documentary, Art - Culture
    • Countries
    • ARGENTINA
    • Languages
    • SPANISH-ARGENTINE, ENGLISH-UNITED STATES
    • Duration
    • 88 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Pablo SCHEMBRI
    • Writer(s)
    • Pablo SCHEMBRI
    • Producer(s)
    • Nicolas BATLLE, Luz Mariel SALAS, Mariel BOMCZUK
    • Synopsis
    • In 1965 a horror movie is filmed in Tucumán, Argentina. Only was released in the United States because of the censorship of the Onganía government and after going through the Film Censorship Board the film disappears forever. Years later the producers decides to start a plagiarism trial against the authors of "Night of the living dead" (1968) as they consider it a copy of their film.