Familia Rodante
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| Directed by | Pablo Trapero |
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Executive Producers: Hugo Castro Fau Martina Gusman |
| Written by | Pablo Trapero |
| Starring | Graciana Chironi |
| Music by | Hugo Diaz León Gieco Juaujo Soza |
| Cinematography | Guillermo Nieto |
| Edited by | Ezequiel Borovinsky Nicolás Goldbart |
| Distributed by |
Pol-Ka Axiom Films (UK and Ireland) |
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103 minutes |
| Country | Argentina Brazil France Germany Spain United Kingdom |
| Language | Spanish |
Familia rodante (English: Rolling Family) is a 2004 comedy drama film, written and directed by Pablo Trapero, and produced by various countries, including Argentina. The film's executive producers were Hugo Castro Fau and Martina Gusman, and it was produced by Pablo Trapero, Robert Bevan, and Donald Ranvaud.
The picture is about a large Argentine family that takes a northern 1000 plus kilometer road trip in an old cramped motor-home to attend a wedding. The family takes part in many adventures along their way to the wedding.
The comedy-drama tells the story of Emilia (Graciana Chironi) an 84-year-old grandmother who lives in the Buenos Aires suburbs and receives a phone call inviting her to be the matron of honor at her niece's wedding in Misiones, the village of her birth.
The Province of Misiones, where the village is located, is over 1000 kilometers away, on the Brazilian border in the farthest north-east part of Argentina.
Nevertheless, the large family decides to embark on a weekend long trip to take their grandmother to the wedding in a beat-up motor-home.
While the members have feuds, intrigues and love affairs on the journey, they, mostly, have to accept each other's quirks and faults, and give each other a lot of space along the way as they encounter a few problems on their long road-trip.
The film ends with Emilia in an introspective moment. She drinks her mate and appears to contemplate her family and life.
Pablo Trapero, in neo-realist fashion, used non-actors when he filmed.
The grandmother in the film (Graciana Chironi) is Trapero's actual grandmother. In fact, she's present in all of Trapero's films. She's seen by the director as the story's conscience.
The picture was filmed in Buenos Aires, Yapeyú, Corrientes and La Cruz, Corrientes; Argentina.
The film was first presented at the Venice Film Festival on September 6, 2004. Later in the month it made its North American debut at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 16, 2004.
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