Cinema Tropical and
Anthology Film Archives present:

AN AUTEUR ARGENTINO:
Two Films by Martin Rejtman

February 7-13, 2002

Rapado (1992)
Silvia Prieto (1999)

At Anthology Film Archives
32 Second Ave. (at 2nd St.), New York City

Cinema Tropical and Anthology Film Archives are proud to present two films by Martín Rejtman, the "spiritual father" of the Argentinean new generation of filmmakers, according to the French magazine Positif.

Martin Rejtman has had his two first films showcased at numerous international festivals such as Sundance, Berlin, Havana, Buenos Aires Independent, San Francisco, Brasilia, Philadelphia and Latin Beat! New York. Yet he is not widely recognized in the US, which is not necessarily a surprise considering the little knowledge of Latin American cinema in this country.

Rejtman was born in Buenos Aires in 1961. He moved to New York to study filmmaking at NYU, where he worked as assistant director on several films, before directing his own short films Doli Vuelve a Casa (Doli Returns Home) and Sitting on a Suitcase. In 1992 he directed Rapado, his first feature that screened in various film festivals. According to El Amante film critic, Quintin, Rapado is "the film that triggered the current movement", in Argentina. Besides being a filmmaker, Rejtman is also a noted writer. His books have been published in Latin America and Europe. They include Rapado (short stories, 1992); "Thirty four stories" (included in A Book about Kuitca, 1993) and Velcro y Yo (Velcro and Me, short stories, 1996)

February 7-13, 7:30pm
RAPADO
Martín Rejtman, Argentina, 1992, 78 minutes. 35mm.
Starring Ezequiel Cavia, Damián Dreizik and Mirta Busnelli.
US Premiere
The film tells the story of Lucio, a twenty-year-old guy who, who decides to shave his head when his motorcycle gets stolen. After several attempts to steal a motorcycle for the one he lost, gets himself a moped, to which he locks himself.

February 7-13, 9:15pm
SILVIA PRIETO
Martín Rejtman, Argentina, 1999, 92 minutes. 35mm
Starring Rosario Bléfari, Valeria Bertucelli and Gabriel Fernández Capello.
Silvia Prieto is a minimalist deadpan comedy involving drifting characters and objects. Relationships and objects interweave, change hands, reappear surprisingly, or vanish forever. Hailed by The Los Angeles Times as "a refreshingly venturesome film," and by The Miami Herald as a "hugely endearing comedy, which is more like a state of mind than an ordinary movie," Silvia Prieto is a meditation on what it means -or doesn't mean- to be yourself.

"…Rejtman has a sense of humor so bone-dry, it makes Jarmusch seem as broad as Jim Carrey." -The Miami Herald.

"Rejtman reveals a mastery of his minimalist style." - The Los Angeles Times

Both films in Spanish with English Subtitles.

All films at Anthology Film Archives
32 Second Ave. (at 2nd St.)
New York City, NY 10003
(212) 505-5181

Admission is $8 ($5 for students, seniors and members of Anthology Film Archives). Tickets are available on the day of the show only. Anthology is located at 32 Second Ave at Second Street and can be reached by the Second Ave F train or the #6, Bleecker St. stop.

Special thanks to Martín Rejtman and Hernán Musaluppi.