Nele Wohlatz. Photo by Maria Guillermima Lopez.Born and raised in Germany, Nele Wohlatz has been working in Argentina for many years and has already stablished herself as a fresh voice in Latin American cinema today. After co-creating Ricardo Bär, the filmmaker wrote and directed her solo feature debut. I interviewed the filmmaker about El Futuro Perfecto, which will have its world premiere as part of the Filmmakers of the Present competition at the 69th Locarno Film Festival.In El Futuro Perfecto, a Chinese immigrant girl struggles to both learn a new language and adapt to a new culture. Xiaobin can only express herself with the Spanish she learns at her language class and so her life in Buenos Aires becomes shaped by the limited vocabulary she can understand and use. The film takes an unexpected turn when Xiaobin renames herself as Beatriz. The act creates a new space within...
- 8/10/2016
- MUBI
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