La Antena
- Alejandro Urdapilleta: Señor TV
- Florencia Raggi: La Voz
- Rafael Ferro: TV technician
- Julieta Cardinali: ex-wife of TV technician
- Sol Moreno Ana
- Valeria Bertuccelli: Son of Señor TV
La Antena is a published in 2007 dystopian science fiction film of Argentinean director Esteban Sapir. With an almost exclusively composed music soundtrack, aware artificial scenes, photographed in black and white images and allusions to films like The Voyage to the Moon ( 1902) and Metropolis (1927 ) La Antena is an homage to the silent film era.
Action
In the " city without voices" ( original: " Ciudad sin voz " ) the residents have lost their ability to speak. A dictatorial ruler named " Señor TV" controls the population through television. In his station program, the singer " La Voz " occurs, which still has a voice. Also the son of the singer, she keeps hidden from the outside world and has no eyes, dominates the talk. Ana, the daughter of a TV technician, befriends the boy.
Señor La Voz TV can kidnap. Using a technique developed by the scientist Dr. Y is to serve its converted into an acoustic signal voice to enable the inhabitants of the city into a deep sleep. The TV technician learns of the plan and sets off with his family and La Voz ' son to a disused transmitting station to broadcast from there a signal to thwart Señor TVs plans. Although they manage to repair the station, but the incoming chief of police prevented the appearance of the interference signal. La Voz ' vote goes as planned on consignment; the population falls into a deep sleep, and by means of a child operated apparatus humans are also the words, their last means of communication stolen.
The television technician can overpower the police chief, and the voice of La Voz ' son goes on air. The child, who operated the words consuming machine dies, the power of Señor TV is broken. The inhabitants have regained their words and their voices.
Background
The film opened the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2007. The German premiere took place at the Fantasy Film Festival the same year. In Germany the film did not start regularly in theaters, but was released on DVD. On October 1, 2011, he was first broadcast on German television.
Analysis
La Antena was filmed entirely in black and white. The soundtrack is, like a silent film, almost entirely from music, only La Voz and her son have some spoken lines of dialogue. Unlike in usual silent films, the dialogues of the other protagonists are displayed not in intertitles, but in the current image. Instead of modern CGI technology makes use Sapir classical animation techniques such as miniature sets and stop-motion.
Reviews
"Experimental black and white science fiction dystopia that impressed by their form joy. A playful and bizarre allegory on the basis of expressionist silent films over a voice to a regimented society. "
" La Antena 'is a visually stunning filmed in b / w tribute to the almost forgotten silent movie era. With great attention to detail, peppered with quirky characters and surprising, clever ideas and a touching imagery Argentine director Esteban Sapir told in his second feature film, the story of a family who has the courage to stand up against foreign domination and oppression to fight back. "
" La Antena ' though is very much form, but not suitable to tell the contents of the story, which has a kind of media fascism to content. The homage and development of silent films of the 20s fails for this reason, unfortunately, a lack of rigor. "
Awards (selection)
- 2007: Titanic International Film Festival, Budapest: Best Film
- 2007 Premios Sur the " Academia de las Artes y Ciencias de la Cinematográficas Argentina" for the best sound, best editing and Best Production Design
- 2007: Premios Clarín: nomination for best film