El silencio es un cuerpo que cae

Synopsis

Jaime videoed everything, up to and including his own death. His daughter inherited over a hundred hours of home movie footage and a bunch of answered questions. Like many members of his generation, Jaime lived a clandestine life. But in his case, probably doubly so.

Agustina Comedi looks at his tapes afresh to explore issues linked to desire, sexuality, family and freedom and tell a story of political activism and sexual dissidence that offers a fascinating insight into life in Argentina between the 1970s and 1990s, peeling back layers of left-wing politics, homosexuality and Aids as it shifts between private and public spheres, intertwining the personal and the political.

Biography and Films

Agustina Comedi (Córdoba, Argentina, 1986) studied modern literature at the Universitat Nacional de Córdoba. Her debut feature, El silencio es un cuerpo que cae (2017), has played at over sixty festivals worldwide and won Best Feature Award at l’Alternativa 2018 and the Silver Condor for Best Documentary. In 2019 she wrote and directed Playback, ensayo de una despedida, winner of a Teddy Award at the 2020 Berlinale and Best Film Award at both the Festival de Cinema de Mar del Plata and Entrevues Belfort, as well as playing at over eighty festivals. In 2021 she codirected Arxiu de la Memòria Trans together with Mariana Bomba.

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