en el río manso
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en el río manso

at the manso river

Marco Ernesto Rossi

Country

Argentina

Year

2025

Length

9'

Category

Fiction

Premiere

Italian

Screenplay

Marco Ernesto Rossi

Cinematography

Marco Ernesto Rossi

Editing

Paz Elduayen, Marco Ernesto Rossi

Music

Jorge Espinal

Sound

Josefina Chinni

Synopsis

A snake goes out, like every day, to look for food on the banks of the Manso River in the Argentine Patagonia. Suddenly, it is caught by a foreign explorer. That is why she decides, before dying, to put a curse on him for the rest of his life.

Biography

Born in Buenos Aires, he is a filmmaker and independent archivist. He studied at the Universidad del Cine (FUC), the Film Program at Universidad Di Tella, and the Preservation Workshop at the Museo del Cine. In 2024, he participated in Talents Buenos Aires. He teaches at the Universidad del Cine and has directed the feature film Los Alegres as well as the short films Alza tus manos doradas al sol and en el río manso.

Archival materials

Una serpiente inofensiva, La Culebra, 1914, Museo del Cine Pablo D. Hicken, Celebración del 46 aniversario del enarbolamiento de la bandera nacional en el Cerro Villegas, 1927, Museo del Cine Pablo D. Hicken.

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