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Argentinian Lesson

Wojciech Staroń

Argentinian Lesson

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With lush and intimate photography, Wojciech Staroń documents his family's move from Poland to Argentina. Struggling to adapt in a foreign country, his 8-year-old son Janek finds a friend in Marcia, a grounded 11-year-old Argentinean of Polish descent. With a strength and determination well beyond her years, Marcia must help make ends meet while holding her family together. 

In this uniquely cross-cultural and universal coming-of-age story, Janek and Marcia go on adventures throughout the Argentinian countryside together finding work and exploring the beauty of nature around them. Janek's eagerness and Marcia's tenacity make them two unforgettable characters in an unconventional love story that sees the innocence of childhood surrounded by the harsh realities of adulthood.

Reviews

“Enthralling... as rewardingly rich, complex and heartbreaking as any fiction.”  — Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
“Staron's gift for finding magical moments is simply breathtaking, giving the viewer an occasional dose of delicately observed humanity one expects from the great cinematic capturers of ethereal beauty and human foible (Burnette, Malick, Almendros etc.)” — Brandon Harris, The Filmmaker Magazine

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Screenings

Spotlight Award, Cinema Eye, 2013

Best Creative Documentary, MakeDox, Macedonia, 2012

Best Documentary Film Award, Chicago Polish Film Festival, USA, 2012

Grand Prize, Let's CEE Documentary Film Festival, Austria, 2012

Best International Medium-Length Film, RIDM, Canada 2012

Golden Horn for the Director of the Best Film, Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2011

Award of the Polish Association of Cinematographers (PSC), Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2011

Student Jury Award, Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2011

Award for the Best Cinematography, Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2011

President of the Association of Polish Filmmakers Award, Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2011

President of TVP S.A Award for the Best Cinematography, Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2011

Student Jury Award, Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2011

Silver Dove Award, DOK Leipzig, Germany, 2011

Grand Prix, LISTAPAD International Film Festival, Belarus, 2011

The Best Director Prize, Festival dei Popoli in Florence, Italy, 2011

Grand Prize, International Documentary Film Festival in Guangzhou, China, 2011

Golden Frog, Plus Camerimage International Film Festival, Poland, 2011

Docudays UA, Ukraine, 2012

Documentary Fortnight, MoMA, USA, 2012

DokuFest, Kosovo, 2012




Argentinian Lessons 


Director and script

Wojciech Staroń 


DP

Wojciech Staroń


Sound

Małgorzata Staroń


Editor

Zbigniew Osiński, 

Wojciech Staroń 


Music 

Agata Steczkowska, 

Sergio Gurrola


Producer       

Małgorzata Staroń 

Staron-Film, Polish Film Institute, TVP

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