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Fernando Solanas is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Art Direction, Sound and Script Argentin born on 16 february 1936 at Buenos Aires (Argentine)

Fernando Solanas

Fernando Solanas
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Birth name Fernando Ezequiel Solanas
Nationality Argentine
Birth 16 february 1936 at Buenos Aires (Argentine)
Death 6 november 2020 (at 84 years)
Awards Guggenheim Fellowship

Fernando Ezequiel 'Pino' Solanas (born 16 February 1936) is an Argentine film director, screenwriter and politician. His films include La hora de los hornos (1968), Tangos: el exilio de Gardel (1985), Sur (1988), El viaje (1992), La nube (1998) and Memorias del saqueo (2004), among many others.

Solanas studied theatre, music and law. In 1962, he directed his first short feature Seguir andando and in 1968 he covertly produced and directed his first long feature film La Hora de los Hornos, a documentary on neo-colonialism and violence in Latin America. The film won several international awards and was screened around the world. Solanas has won the Special Jury Award and the Critics Award at the Venice Film Festival and the Prix de la mise en scène at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1999 he was the President of the Jury at the 21st Moscow International Film Festival. He was awarded a special Golden Bear at the 2004 Berlin Film Festival. He collaborated with tango composer and musician Ástor Piazzolla on the soundtracks for various movies .

Biography

A la fin des années 1960, il est l'un des fondateurs et théoriciens du groupe argentin Cine Liberación, qui s'inscrit dans un mouvement à échelle continentale - celle de l'Amérique latine - appelant à un « troisième cinéma », qui ne soit pas une prolongation du cinéma européen ni hollywoodien. En 1968, il co-réalise clandestinement avec Octavio Getino le documentaire L'Heure des brasiers, manifeste esthétique et politique du mouvement. Ce film majeur, anti-néocolonialiste, péroniste et activiste, est interdit jusqu'à la fin de la Dictature de la Révolution argentine en 1973. Il est aujourd'hui considéré comme un classique du documentaire.

Il laisse un témoignage de son exil à Paris pendant la dictature militaire (1976-1983) dans Tangos, l'exil de Gardel (1985), récompensé à Venise et aux César. Suivront deux drames remarqués, Le Sud en 1988 et Le Voyage en 1992, tous deux primés à Cannes.

Il siège comme député du parti de centre-gauche Frepaso (Front pour un pays solidaire) entre 1993 et 1997. Il participe ensuite aux élections présidentielles argentine de 2007, à la tête du mouvement Proyecto Sur , contre Cristina Kirchner dont il critique « la politique économique libérale ». Il est sénateur depuis 2013.

Dans les années 2000, Solanas réalise une série de documentaires sur la crise économique argentine, les échecs et les possibilités de son pays : Mémoire d'un saccage, La Dignité du peuple, Argentina latente, La próxima estación. En 2018, il revient au festival de Cannes présenter une copie restaurée de L'Heure des brasiers.

Il est le père du réalisateur Juan Solanas.

Usually with

Fito Páez
Fito Páez
(2 films)
Félix Monti
Félix Monti
(2 films)
Gaspar Noé
Gaspar Noé
(2 films)
Astor Piazzolla
Astor Piazzolla
(3 films)
Juan Solanas
Juan Solanas
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Fernando Solanas (12 films)

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Actor

Debtocracy
Debtocracy (2011)
, 1h14
Origin Grece
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about the labor movement, Documentary films about business, Documentaire sur le monde du travail
Actors Fernando Solanas
Rating77% 3.8666953.8666953.8666953.8666953.866695
Debtocracy (Χρεοκρατία (Chreokratía)) est un film grec documentaire sorti en avril 2011 de deux journalistes grecs : Katerina Kitidi et Aris Hatzistefanou. Le film traite principalement de la crise de la dette grecque de 2010, et prend pour exemple le cas de l'Équateur, et montre comment ce pays a réussi à s'en sortir grâce à un audit de sa dette et en répudiant une partie de sa dette. Les fondateurs du projet Debtocracy soutiennent que la Grèce doit suivre la même voie en commençant par créer une commission d'audit de la dette souveraine1 puis en sortant de l'euro. Ce film a connu un vif succès en Grèce. Près de 500 000 personnes ont visionné le film une semaine après sa sortie sur internet, plus d'un million quelques semaines plus tard. Le projet a été intégralement financé par des donations.
Social Genocide
Social Genocide (2004)
, 2h
Directed by Fernando Solanas
Origin Argentine
Genres Documentary
Themes Politique, Documentary films about politics, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships
Actors Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood, Fernando Solanas
Roles Narrator (voice)
Rating78% 3.9355353.9355353.9355353.9355353.935535
After the fall of the military dictatorship in 1983, successive democratic governments launched a series of reforms purporting to turn Argentina into the world's most liberal and prosperous economy. Less than twenty years later, the Argentinians have lost literally everything: major national companies have been sold well below value to foreign corporations; the proceeds of privatizations have been diverted into the pockets of corrupt officials; revised labour laws have taken away all rights from employees; in a country that is traditionally an important exporter of foodstuffs, malnutrition is widespread; millions of people are unemployed and sinking into poverty; and their savings have disappeared in a final banking collapse.
Ángel, la diva y yo
Ángel, la diva y yo (2000)
, 1h33
Genres Drama
Actors Florencia Peña, Osvaldo Bayer, Marcos Zucker, Tincho Zabala, José Pablo Feinmann, Juan Carlos Gené
Rating60% 3.0401653.0401653.0401653.0401653.040165
In Buenos Aires at the end of the century, a documentarian, anxious about his future, is about to realize his "last act" when a mysterious package is delivered to him: a rusty 35 mm film canister, an envelope stuffed with cash, and a request that he rescue the greatest Argentine film director in history from oblivion. Together with his crew, the filmmaker tries to piece together the puzzle.
Tangos, the Exile of Gardel
Tangos, the Exile of Gardel (1985)
, 1h59
Directed by Fernando Solanas
Origin France
Genres Drama, Documentary, Musical
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Politique, Musical films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships, Tango films
Actors Philippe Léotard, Marie Laforêt, Lautaro Murúa, Miguel Ángel Solá, Marina Vlady, Georges Wilson
Rating71% 3.591813.591813.591813.591813.59181
La vie d'un groupe d'Argentins émigrés à Paris durant la dictature militaire en Argentine (1976-1983). Le groupe décide de monter un ballet de tango en l'honneur du chanteur et compositeur de tango Carlos Gardel. Le film est aussi l'occasion de présenter le déracinement et le quotidien de ces exilés.
The Hour of the Furnaces
The Hour of the Furnaces (1968)
, 4h20
Directed by Octavio Getino, Fernando Solanas
Origin Argentine
Genres Documentary
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Fernando Solanas
Roles Narrator
Rating75% 3.7845453.7845453.7845453.7845453.784545
Trois parties composent cette vaste fresque défendant une idéologie de type révolutionnaire. Dans la première, Néocolonialisme et violence (95 minutes), sont exposées les causes du mal : la dépendance et l'état de sous-développement des économies nationales latino-américaines sources de misère sociale et d'indigence culturelle des peuples d'Amérique latine. Le deuxième volet, Acte pour la libération (120 minutes), évoque la prise de conscience progressive des peuples confrontés à cette situation et le troisième volet, Violence et libération (45 minutes), explore l'univers des guérillas d'Amérique latine, à travers, principalement, le témoignage de combattants et l'exemple d'Ernesto Che Guevara.

Director

A Journey to the Fumigated Towns
A Journey to the Fumigated Towns (2019)
, 1h37
Directed by Fernando Solanas
Origin Argentine
Genres Documentary
Themes Environmental films, Films about the labor movement, Documentary films about environmental issues, Documentary films about health care, Documentaire sur le monde du travail
Rating62% 3.1320753.1320753.1320753.1320753.132075
Fernando Solanas voyage au travers de l'Argentine et nous dresse un bilan des méfaits de la monoculture du soja OGM sur l'environnement et l'impact de l'utilisation intensive des agrotoxiques sur la santé des habitants des zones agricoles.
Dignity of the Nobodies
Dignity of the Nobodies (2005)
, 2h
Directed by Fernando Solanas
Origin Argentine
Genres Documentary
Rating76% 3.8071853.8071853.8071853.8071853.807185
The film focuses on the life of several Argentine persons after the December 2001 riots in Argentina. It highlights the aims and wishes of the outcasts and their hopes.
Social Genocide
Social Genocide (2004)
, 2h
Directed by Fernando Solanas
Origin Argentine
Genres Documentary
Themes Politique, Documentary films about politics, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships
Actors Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood, Fernando Solanas
Rating78% 3.9355353.9355353.9355353.9355353.935535
After the fall of the military dictatorship in 1983, successive democratic governments launched a series of reforms purporting to turn Argentina into the world's most liberal and prosperous economy. Less than twenty years later, the Argentinians have lost literally everything: major national companies have been sold well below value to foreign corporations; the proceeds of privatizations have been diverted into the pockets of corrupt officials; revised labour laws have taken away all rights from employees; in a country that is traditionally an important exporter of foodstuffs, malnutrition is widespread; millions of people are unemployed and sinking into poverty; and their savings have disappeared in a final banking collapse.
The Journey
The Journey (1992)
, 2h20
Directed by Fernando Solanas
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama
Actors Marc Berman, Dominique Sanda, Fernando Siro, Fito Páez
Rating70% 3.531013.531013.531013.531013.53101
Le jeune Martin abandonne sa Terre de feu natale, à l'extrême sud de l'Argentine, pour un long voyage initiatique en Amérique Latine.
The South
The South (1988)
, 2h7
Directed by Fernando Solanas, Gaspar Noé
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Politique, Films about Latin American military dictatorships
Actors Susú Pecoraro, Miguel Ángel Solá, Philippe Léotard, Ulises Dumont, Fito Páez, Gabriela Rosana Toscano
Rating72% 3.632493.632493.632493.632493.63249
Floreal is released from prison prior to the end of a military coup d'état in 1983. He discovers his wife has cheated on him and is not sure he wants to return to his former life and family. A friend, "El-Negro", who was killed during the military coup, appears in the night with a special mission: to help Floreal face what has happened when he was serving time in prison. El-Negro helps him to live through the important events that happened in his absence. El-Negro helps him get past his anger, understanding how hard it was to endure such a difficult time and how the military coup had crushed people's lives. When El-Negro finally tells him he must return, Floreal realizes he must be strong and, like his coup-stricken country, pick up and go on with his life.
Tangos, the Exile of Gardel
Tangos, the Exile of Gardel (1985)
, 1h59
Directed by Fernando Solanas
Origin France
Genres Drama, Documentary, Musical
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Politique, Musical films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships, Tango films
Actors Philippe Léotard, Marie Laforêt, Lautaro Murúa, Miguel Ángel Solá, Marina Vlady, Georges Wilson
Rating71% 3.591813.591813.591813.591813.59181
La vie d'un groupe d'Argentins émigrés à Paris durant la dictature militaire en Argentine (1976-1983). Le groupe décide de monter un ballet de tango en l'honneur du chanteur et compositeur de tango Carlos Gardel. Le film est aussi l'occasion de présenter le déracinement et le quotidien de ces exilés.