Un lugar lejano (also titled En un lugar lejano) is a 2009 film directed by Uruguayan filmmaker José Ramón Novoa, with an original screenplay by writer Fernando Butazzoni and starring Erich Wildpret, Mirela Mendoza, Tristán Ulloa, Alberto Alifa, , and Marcela Kloosterboer. It was a finalist for the Screenplay Award at the Havana International Film Festival. The film was released on 20 April 2010 in Spain.
In 2020 the movie have a streaming release on the streaming platform Cine ar play.
Production It was a co-production between three countries: Venezuela (Joel Films), Argentina (Aleph Media), and Spain (Avalon Productions). Adolfo López Producciones also participated as the national co-producer for Venezuela.Diario El Universal, Caracas, 1 de set. de 2009.
Filming of Un lugar lejano began on 16 July 2007 in Venezuela. From 20 August, it continued in southern Patagonia, Argentina, and later in several locations in Galicia, Spain.
Panavision partnered with the project, providing the cameras and other equipment needed for production. The equipment arrived from Los Angeles, and the film was shot in Super 35 mm in widescreen format (2.40 x 1).
Plot The film tells the story of Julián (played by actor Erich Wildpret) in an almost intimate tone. Julián is a famous photographer who has reached the age of forty, tired and abandoned to his own sadness and loneliness. Julián is diagnosed with cancer, which saps his strength and robs him of all hope. But he has a dream, a vision that will change his life: he dreams of a photo he has never taken. He then travels to that faraway place to search for the photo, and after a strange accident, he meets a woman (Marcela Kloosterboer). Suddenly, he discovers that his life will change forever.
Cast
Erich Wildpret...Julián Mirela Mendoza ...Lisa Tristán Ulloa ...Roque Alberto Alifa as doctor Marcela Kloosterboer...María Paul Gámez Rosalinda Serfaty as galerist Basilio Alvarez as librery man
Reception Pablo Abraham commented about the film:Abraham continued:
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