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Diletante (Dilettante)
Kris Niklison
Argentina, 2008
Digibeta | 72min. | Colour | VOSI

Production: Kris Niklison, Lita Stantic
Distribution: Lita Stantic Producciones ([email protected])

Screenplay: Kris Niklison
Photography: Kris Niklison
Editor: Kris Niklison, Felipe Guerrero
Sound: Santiago Peresón
Actors: Bela Jordán, Cata Pereira, Cesar Gonzalez
 
Sinopsis
Bela Jordán is 80 years old and lives in her family home on the banks of the Paraná River in the Argentinean countryside. An aristocratic widow, she spends her time on active leisure, holds long conversations with her maid Cata, engages in surprising debates about fundamental and trivial things, and is spied on by Cesar, her gardener. Like the pieces of her jigsaws, the universe of these three people is revealed and what seems like a private home movie becomes an intimate and rigorous film with a life of its own.
 
Bio
Kris Niklison (Buenos Aires) is a theatre creator, director, choreographer and actress. She has lived in Amsterdam, where she founded Kris Niklison & Company, and in Hamburg, where she worked with Cirque du Soleil. She is currently based in Brazil, where she has her studio, Casa das Artes. Diletante is her first film.
 
Festivals

Premio Mejor Film Argentino - Mar Del Plata, 2009
FID Marseille, 2009
Rencontres Cinématographiques de Cerbère, 2009
Seminici, 2009