I'M WHAT I WANTED TO BE

SOY LO QUE QUISE SER

By Mariana SCARONE, Betina CASANOVA

PENSILVANIA FILMS - as PROD

Drama - Completed 2018

I AM WHAT I WANTED TO BE is a biographic documentary that explores José Martínez Suárez's past, present and future. A man who loves cinema and lives his life in such a way that films cannot help but choose him as one of its main characters.

Festivals
& Awards

Ventana Sur 2018
Video Library
La habana 2018
Cinemateca Latinoamericana
BAFICI (Buenos Aires) 2018
Películas sobre películas
FESAALP 2018
Competencia Largometrajes
    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • Drama, Documentary
    • Countries
    • ARGENTINA
    • Languages
    • SPANISH-ARGENTINE
    • Budget
    • 0.3 - 0.6 M$
    • Duration
    • 106 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Mariana SCARONE, Betina CASANOVA
    • Producer(s)
    • Facundo ESCUDERO SALINAS (PENSILVANIA FILMS), Nicolás MÜNZEL CAMAÑO (PENSILVANIA FILMS), Mariana SCARONE, Betina CASANOVA
    • Synopsis
    • José Martínez Suárez was born in the 1920s and is an infectiously young man. He was Assistant Director to iconic Argentine directors. He directed "El Crack / The Star", "Dar la Cara / Responsibility", "Los Chantas / The Rascals", "Los Muchachos de Antes No Usaban Arsénico / Yesterday's Guys Used No Arsenic" and "Noches Sin Lunas ni Soles / Nights Without Moons and Suns." He taught hundreds of new film makers. Currently, he is the president of the Mar del Plata International Film Festival.
      I AM WHAT I WANTED TO BE is a biographic documentary that explores José Martínez Suárez's past, present and future. A man who has chosen films and who lives his life in such a way that films cannot help but choose him as one of its main characters.