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Argentina’s Tamae Garateguy, Sant Giralt, Camila Toker Reunite on ‘Upa! A Spring In Athens,’ a Gleefully Defiant Feature Selected to Open Bafici
Argentine filmmakers debut 'Upa! A Spring in Athens' at Bafici, exploring indie film circuit with satire, hedonism and tragedy.
Reminiscent of the Richard Linklater “Before” trilogy and pulling organically from the Lars Von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg-founded Dogme 95 Danish avant-garde movement, the films are intrinsically purist — forming a time capsule filled with snapshots of a scene and the magnetic characters that inhabit it. With larger audiences warming to independent, diverse cinema, evidenced by the recent Oscars sweep by Sean Baker’s “Anora,” and desperate to break from the algorithm — musicals “Wicked” and “Emilia Perez” both lauded for their unique approach to the medium — the “Upa!” universe is primed for success, if not already ahead of the curve — having worked these elements into fruition long before they were on-trend. With the most recent devotional, audiences can expect a stunning metamorphosis, a deliciously comic revenge plot, delicately-placed song and dance numbers and the wide-open finale the films are known for, allowing the chance for the characters to continue the storyline infinitely — no sign of retiring their will to lay bare the trials and tribulations of artists in flux.
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