A SACRED GAUCHO

UN GAUCHITO GIL

By Joaquin PEDRETTI

JOAQUÍN PEDRETTI (INDEPENDENT) - as PROD

First film - Completed 2019

The magical and overwhelming nature of the Esteros del Iberá traps and transforms a timid farm labourer into a folk hero.

Festivals
& Awards

Int'l Film Fest. Of india, Goa 2019
World Premiere
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • First film, Fantasy, Western
    • Countries
    • ARGENTINA
    • Languages
    • SPANISH, GUARANI
    • Budget
    • 0.6 - 1 M$
    • Duration
    • 72 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Joaquin PEDRETTI
    • Synopsis
    • Hector, a young farm laborer, wakes up in a mystical territory after an accident in which he lost a child.accident in which he lost a child.

      To find him, he has to cross this strange swamp, encountering different the strange swamp, encountering different entities that confuse him with the local and popular hero Antonio "Gauchito Gil", who is popular hero Antonio "Gauchito Gil", whom he must end up embodying in order to achieve his goal.
      For this reason, Hector dies hanging by his ankles, just like the myth he embodies.