FILM 1529: WILD TALES
TRIVIA: This is the seventh film
from Argentina to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language
Film, and the third in a row with Ricardo Darín
as a leading star (after Son of the
Bride (2001) and The Secret in
Their Eyes (2009)).
The site of the bridge, in which
the tale "The Strongest" was filmed, is actually the 60th kilometer
on the route between Cafayate and Salta, as the character in the tale mentions.
This place has become a kind of a tourist attraction nowadays, as can be seen
in Google Street View at coordinates (-25.730669,-65.6967926).
During the credits at the
beginning, each main actor of each tale is identified with a wild animal. In
the director's case, it is a fox. Szifrón said that this was because his father
had liked foxes a lot, and had used to watch lots of documentaries about them.
He also felt identified with that picture, more specifically with the fox's
gaze, as the job of a director is in the gaze.
Damián Szifrón, the writer and
director of the film, wrote most of the tales in his bathtub. He actually said:
" The bath is a great place". He even lit some candles and poured
himself a drink.
Selected by Time as one of the best
films of 2014.
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