Uruguayan Alex Piperno premieres his debut film in national theaters
"Window boy would also like to have a submarine", debut feature by Uruguayan director Alex Piperno will hit theaters on 27 May after his tour of prestigious film festivals.
The film can be seen after its international premiere at the Berlinale, his time at Moma and the Havana Festivals, Biarritz and Mar del Plata among others.
Starring Argentine Daniel Quiroga and Uruguayan Inés Bortagaray, the movie (co-production between Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Holland and Philippines), He travels on a cruise that runs along the Patagonian coasts.
There, a sailor discovers a magical portal that leads to a woman's apartment in Montevideo. Meanwhile, a group of peasants stumble upon a terrifying concrete hut near their village in the Philippines.
Two stories intertwine in a cinematic labyrinth where people find and lose themselves. Somewhere between dark engine rooms and middle class living rooms, between the sea and the jungle, people look at each other with curiosity, skepticism and anxiety.