Synopse

Santiago Mitre’s debut feature is a clever political satire. Roque comes to Buenos Aires to begin studying and plunges into a life of partying and affairs – until one day he falls in love with Paula, an assistant lecturer. She brings him into contact with university politics: a new election for dean is pending. Roque, who has never been that interested in official university life, enjoys planning strategies. All the more so when he meets Alberto Acevedo, a member of the faculty. Acevedo teaches the young man the secrets of campaign and lobby work. And suddenly Roque sees himself as an aspiring student leader.

Regie

SANTIAGO MITRE (*1980 in Buenos Aires) studied film at the Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires. His second film Paulina won the FIPRESCI-Prize in 2015 at Cannes. In 2017 came the Argentinian political thriller The Summit, which, like his debut Student (2011), had its German premiere at FILMFEST HAMBURG.

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