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L E O N E S
A FILM BY JAZMIN LOPEZ
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ABOUT THE FILM BY JAZMIN LOPEZ
“death is a lived life. life is a death that comes”. Jorge Luis Borges
A white page, a shape, maybe a point without pre-design, allows
me to move eternally into time. LEONES is an essay about
death, from the point of view of a mortal being, death seen as a
beautiful landscape. Youth and its obsessions; death, its beauty
and incomprehension. How weak can the human body be in
comparison to an intellectual construction?
These kids are always in the moment. References to temporality
are downplayed, or even denied. They are not only in the moment
but immersed in it, anxious and bored, almost beyond temporality.
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pressure on memory. Their extreme presence is more than eternal.
End of time: they are not aware of their past.
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is an empty pursuit of arriving – nowhere – Animals. The feeling
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only if we stay sensitive towards the world, will we be able to go
through it… A correspondence is established. Different times are
tied, entangled in a positive ending. A perfect circle is created:
inside there is an open tunnel that allows us to carry on emotionally
in this world.
DIRECTOR
JAZMIN LOPEZ
Jazmín López was born in Buenos Aires, in 1984. She is a graduate
in Film Direction from Universidad del Cine (FUC). She has directed
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INTERVIEW
HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE LEONES?
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HOW WAS THE WORK WITH DOP MATIAS MESA (GERRY, ELEPHANT) FOR THE FILM?
It was a very good process; we discovered alongside the shape of the
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WHAT DO THE CHARACTERS REPRESENT?
They are probably friends from school. Nonetheless, it’s not too
clear who they are; I wanted to play with who the real actors
are and hand them over some directions. The resultant hybrid
is part of a process that I interpret as a constant investigation.
The fact that they have the same age as the characters was
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The shooting stage was very particular, the relationship
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and constantly changed during the process.
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worked. After losing Isabel, the kids lose their humanity as
well; there’s no longer any codes between the brothers; Niki is
capable of hiting Arturo, and her sister can easily order Niki to
kill him. They were always animals, lions. But as long as Isabel
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member, the animals occupy the space
THE SOUND DESIGN HAS A KEY ROLE IN YOUR FILM.
HOW WAS THIS DESIGNED FOR LEONES?
The sound from the set was just a reference sound, it was all recreated and done in the
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we seeked to highlight moments without ever reaching the obvious, but exploring the
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INFORMATION
Year - 2012
Country - Argentina / France / The Netherlands
Duration - 82 min
Screening Format - DCP / 35mm, Color, 1:2.35, Dolby SR
Shooting Format - 35mm, Color
Production Companies
REI CINE - PETIT FILM - LEMMING FILM - VIKING FILM CEPA AUDIOVISUAL
in association with
ARTE/COFINOVA 6
CREDITS
Written & Directed by - Jazmín López
Producer - Benjamin Domenech, Santiago Gallelli
Co-producer - Jean des Forêts, Marleen Slot, Leontine Petit,
Andrés Longares, Felicitas Raffo.
Cast - Julia Volpato, Pablo Sigal, Macarena del Corro,
Diego Vegezzi, Tomás Mackinlay.
Cinematography - Matías Mesa
Costume Design - Barbi Arcuschin
Editing - Benjamin Domenech, Jazmín López
Sound Design - Julia Huberman
with the support of
INCAA
TORINO FILM LAB
ARTE / COFINOVA 6
HUBERT BALS FUND
NETHERLANDS FILM FUND
CINEMART
BINGER FILMLAB
BUENOS AIRES LAB
PARIS PROJECT
TYPA
WORLD SALES
PREMIUM FILMS
130 rue de Turenne
75003 - Paris
+33 1 42 77 06 39
+33 6 64 14 63 57
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PRODUCTION
Rei Cine
Av. Dorrego 1940, 2M
C1414CLO - Capital Federal
- Buenos Aires
Argentina
[email protected]
+54 11 47 03 13 32
www.reicine.com.ar
Petit Film
56, rue du Faubourg-SaintHonoré
75008 - Paris
France
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+ 33 1 74 30 37 90
Lemming Film
Valschermkade 36-F
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Viking Film
Lindengratch 17
1015 KB - Amsterdam
The Netherlands
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+31 (0) 20 625 47 88
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Cepa Audiovisual SRL
Honduras 4692
C1414BMJ - Capital Federal
- Buenos Aires
Argentina
[email protected]
+54 11 48 31 32 29
www.cepacine.com