JOEL

• Joel Noguera
• Victoria Almeida
• Diego Gentile
• Ana Katz

With his usual naturalistic and minimalist style, filmmaker from Buenos Aires Carlos Sorín, a direct heir to Bresson, tackles the complexity of adoption processes in this intense drama. The story unfolds from the perspective of a couple unable to have children, whose world is transformed when a nine-year-old boy with a troubled and problematic past enters their lives. Set against the desolate winter backdrop of Tierra del Fuego, the southern region of Argentina portrayed like no other by this director, the movie stands out for the multitude of questions and dilemmas that Sorín addresses to the audience, inviting them to be the ones to find the answers. If there are any… The movie won the prize for Best Screenplay at the Havana Film Festival.

Cecilia and Diego have recently moved to a remote village in Patagonia. Unable to conceive children, they have been in an adoption waiting list for a long time. The sudden arrival of 9-year old Joel will turn their lives upside down. An accelerated paternity learning process and a conflict raised at the only local public school, will force them to re-examine their decisions.