A film by Federico Luis. Im Spanish with German subtitles.

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The film is far from a straight­for­ward por­tra­y­al of its sub­ject. It doesn’t just focus on good and noble fee­lings, nor does it fall into the sort of sim­pli­stic bina­ries that set the “puri­ty” of peo­p­le with disa­bi­li­ties against the cyni­cism of socie­ty. Simón is deceitful, more than hap­py to lie and una­fraid to get his fri­ends into trou­ble, yet they never judge or punish him nor label him as pro­ble­ma­tic. At home, whe­re his mother’s good­will has been exhaus­ted, a sen­se of apa­thy has set in that threa­tens to usurp the obvious love she feels for him. Luis’ film smart­ly refrains from jud­ging her, as she seems unable to find a solu­ti­on to her son’s unex­plai­ned anti­cs; she only wat­ches in sur­pri­se as Simón speaks less and less, imi­ta­tes phy­si­cal tics and retre­ats into his own per­so­nal ver­si­on of disa­bi­li­ty. Engrossing, and nar­ra­ted with gre­at intel­li­gence and subt­le­ty, the film lay­ers nuan­ce upon nuan­ce in its sui­ta­b­ly ambi­va­lent por­trait of the titu­lar cha­rac­ter. With ano­ther enig­ma­tic, yet empa­the­tic per­for­mance by up-and-coming actor Lorenzo Ferro, SIMÓN DE LA MONTAÑA is a remar­kab­le debut fea­ture that dares to explo­re the mur­ky waters of human beha­viour. (Diego Lerer)

Credits:

Argentinien, Uruguay, Chile 2024, 97 Min., span. OmU
Regie: Federico Luis
Kamera: Marcos Hastrup
Schnitt: Tomás Murphy, Andrés Medina
mit: Lorenzo Ferro, Pehuén Pedre, Kiara Supini, Laura Nevole, Agustín Toscano, Camila Hirane

Trailer:

Simón de la Montana ab 27.03.25 im Kino

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