Synopse
The ruling heads of Latin America come together at a 3000m-high summit meeting to discuss the founding of a new oil alliance. The Argentine Hernán Blanco is newly elected and haunted by a corruption scandal from his time as the mayor of a small town. The irony is that his accuser is of all people his daughter's ex-husband. To keep control of the situation, the president has his daughter flown in – and with her not only is his private life blown wide open, but the film takes on fantastical elements. The Summit reveals the sometimes exciting, sometimes bizarre mechanisms of big politics between backroom meetings and hypnosis sessions.
Regie
SANTIAGO MITRE (*1980) is one of Argentina's most respected film directors. His films The Student (2011) and Paulina (2015) won many awards, including at the Locarno Festival and Cannes. The Summit is his third feature.
Info
Original Title: La Cordillera
International Title: The Summit
Category: Feature
Section: Vitrina
Version & Subtitles: Spanish OV with English subtitles
Director: Santiago Mitre
Screenplay: Santiago Mitre, Mariano Llinás
Cast/Protagonists: Ricardo Darín, Dolores Fonzi, Érica Rivas, Elena Anaya, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Alfredo Castro, Gerardo Romano
Production country: Argentina, Spain, France
Year of Production: 2017
Length: 114 min
Producer: Hugo Sigman, Fernando Bovaira, Matías Mosteirin, Didar Domehri, Simón De Santiago, Fernando Brom, Agustina Llambi-Campbell, Leticia Cristi, Axel Kuschevatzky
Production company: K&S Films, La Unión de los Ríos, Mod Producciones, Maneki Films
Cinematography: Javier Juliá
Editor: Nicolás Goldbart
Music: Alberto Iglesias
Production Design: Sebastián Orgambide, Micaela Saiegh
World Sales: Film Factory Entertainment
Distributor: Manon Barat
