OUT OF THE SALAMANCA

SALIDOS DE LA SALAMANCA

By Josefina ZAVALÍA ÁBALOS

JOSEFINA ZAVALÍA ABALOS (INDEPENDENT) - as PROD

Musical - Completed 2023

In a town in the Argentine Northwest, the initiated make a pact with the Devil in exchange for musical talent.
A documentary that explores the origin of chacarera and its links with the process of crossbreeding in America and its relation with the Salamanca.

Festivals
& Awards

Ventana Sur 2023
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Musical, Female director, Documentary
    • Countries
    • ARGENTINA
    • Languages
    • SPANISH-ARGENTINE
    • Budget
    • 0 - 0.3 M$
    • Duration
    • 63 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Josefina ZAVALÍA ÁBALOS
    • Synopsis
    • In a town in northwestern Argentina, the initiates make a pact with the Devil in exchange for musical talent. Documentary that explores the origin of the chacarera linked to the process of crossbreeding in America and its relationship with the Salamanca. ¿Is the musical condition the product of pacts with the devil or is it a magical school of knowledge? A multisensorial story towards the sound universe of Santiago del Estero, where oral transmission is revealed as ancestral resistance.