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Dir.: Eliseo Subiela

Born in Buenos Aires in 1944, Eliseo Subiela made his first short in 1963 but worked for many years in commercials before making his debut in features with LA CONQUISTA DEL PARAÍSO (1981). Since then he has directed MAN FACING SOUTHEAST (1986), LAST IMAGES OF THE SHIPWRECK (1989, Best Screenplay at the Montreal World Film Festival), THE DARK SIDE OF THE HEART (1992, Grand Prize of the Americas at the MWFF), DON'T DIE WITHOUT TELLING ME WHERE YOU'RE GOING (1995, Prix du public at the MWFF) and WAKE UP LOVE (1996, also being shown at this year's MWFF). In 1993 Subiela was a member of the jury of the Official Competition of the Montreal World Film Festival.

 

LITTLE MIRACLES (HC)
1997 / 35 mm / Couleur / 100 min.
Argentina
CI.01.6, P4.01.2, P4.02.5 

Dir.: Eliseo Subiela; Script: Eliseo Subiela; Phot.: Daniel Rodriguez; Ed.: Marcela Sáenz; Mus.: Osvaldo Montes; Cast: Julieta Ortega, Antonio Birabent, Paco Rabal, Hector Alterio; Prod. & Sales: Promisa S.A., Asunción 949, Martinez-Pucia, Buenos Aires 1640 (Argentine), tél. & fax: (54-1) 717 12 11.

Shy young Rosalia works as a supermarket cashier in Buenos Aires, lives alone and reads fairy tales. In her spare time she volunteers as a companion for the blind. One day she reads the poems of Fernando Pessoa to an elderly man who doesn't quite understand them but is still moved. Rosalia copes with the real world by seeking refuge in her own magic kingdom. She imagines herself a fairy who has come down from the sky to fulfil a mission but hasn't been able to return. Rosalia takes the bus every day to get to work. At her regular stop, as at many other sites in downtown Buenos Aires, there is a security camera which records everything and retransmits it over the Internet. Santiago is a physicist who works for the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence, an international program which seeks to capture any signals from outer space that might indicate alien intelligence. Santiago is obsessed by his work. His only regular companions are his dog and his computer, which he uses to browse the Internet. He therefore has access to whatever is recorded by the security camera at Rosalia's bus stop. One day Rosalia discovers that she has extrasensory powers. In her imaginary world she sees three girls as three fairies who have been sent to influence her life. Rosalia, who hasn't seen her father in eight years, wishes she could meet him again. Rosalia and Santiago don't know each other but a miracle is awaiting them.

             
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