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The Despair of the Monkeys

2022-12-31 es 17m
Documentary
The first films of Patagonia - where I grew up - show a territory that no longer exists, as the araucarias, millenary trees from the Patagonian forests, were in part replaced by more productive pines. Near my new home, in Belgium, I find araucarias that adorn front gardens. We hear some girls playing in the car, pointing out araucarias on the road. How did these plants become a petty-bourgeois fashion in northern Europe? I confront these archives with contemporary technoscientific images, used by a lab to explore plant modifications. What can these modes of representation tell us about our time?

Director

Julián García Long

Writer

Julián García Long

Camera Operator

Julián García Long

Editor

Manuel Embalse

Script Consultant

Tatiana Mazú

VFX Artist

Guangli Liu

Status

Released

Countries

  • Argentina
  • France

Companies

  • Le Fresnoy