Marcos Pastor

In northern Argentina it is said that La Salamanca is a sacred place. They say that it is a cave, a clearing in the mountains or a bend in the river where whoever has enough courage can invoke the Devil (the “Zupay”) to propose a pact: his soul in exchange for a gift. The first step is to renounce the Christian faith.

In an intimate and geographical journey, the director tells in the first person the story of his grandfather Ludovico, an Italian who arrived in Argentina after fighting in World War II and who soon reveals himself disturbingly contradictory. His traces still mark his descendants today, and unraveling his history becomes crucial to assimilate the present. In search of his secrets, the director must go into the desert, face the silences of his own history, redefine his identity and rebuild family ties that have been broken for years.

The documentary Rastrojero, Utopías de la Argentina Potencia (Rastrojero, Utopias of the Power of Argentina) tells the story of Eduardo, who travels in his Rastrojero truck to the same Córdoba that fifty years ago employed him at IME (State Mechanical Industries) and to meet up with his colleagues from that time.

No synopsis available yet.

In northern Argentina it is said that La Salamanca is a sacred place. They say that it is a cave, a clearing in the mountains or a bend in the river where whoever has enough courage can invoke the Devil (the “Zupay”) to propose a pact: his soul in exchange for a gift. The first step is to renounce the Christian faith.

In northern Argentina it is said that La Salamanca is a sacred place. They say that it is a cave, a clearing in the mountains or a bend in the river where whoever has enough courage can invoke the Devil (the “Zupay”) to propose a pact: his soul in exchange for a gift. The first step is to renounce the Christian faith.

In an intimate and geographical journey, the director tells in the first person the story of his grandfather Ludovico, an Italian who arrived in Argentina after fighting in World War II and who soon reveals himself disturbingly contradictory. His traces still mark his descendants today, and unraveling his history becomes crucial to assimilate the present. In search of his secrets, the director must go into the desert, face the silences of his own history, redefine his identity and rebuild family ties that have been broken for years.

The documentary Rastrojero, Utopías de la Argentina Potencia (Rastrojero, Utopias of the Power of Argentina) tells the story of Eduardo, who travels in his Rastrojero truck to the same Córdoba that fifty years ago employed him at IME (State Mechanical Industries) and to meet up with his colleagues from that time.

No synopsis available yet.

No synopsis available yet.