Sunday, Dec. 8, 2 pm
A film on the sculpture artist Leo Vinci (Buenos Aires, 1931) presented by BAFICI, The Buenos Aires international Festival of Independent Cinema (BAFICI) presents Leo Vinci: When Bodies Collide, a film on the sculpture Leo Vinci.
Between poetic observation and cinematographic portrait, this film delves into the universe of the sculptor Leo Vinci. At 92 years old, Leo plays at creating and transmuting the sacrifice of daily work into the sacred office of transforming the world with his hands.
Leo Vinci enters his studio with an agile and easy step: he is 90 years old but he walks and works at an incredible speed. Franca González films him finishing several sculptures, all variations of his well-known torn figures, men devastated by some evil whom Vinci captures in painful twists or with a perplexed expression. The director contrasts her turbulent biography (she survived the bombing of Plaza de Mayo in Argentina) with the calm of the workshop and daily tasks. More than half a century after having fought against the mandates of an ossified academy, Vinci, less Renaissance than romantic, works inventing the right means for each new work.
Text written by Diego Maté.
Director: Franca Gabriela Gonzalez
Technical Specs
Year of production: 2024
Duration: 79'
Countries: Argentina
Credits
Screenplay: Franca G. González
Cinematography: Franca G. González
Editing: Franca G. González, Alejandra Almirón
Sound: Julia Castro, Lucas Meyer
Music: Pablo Agri
Cast: Leo Vinci, Marina Dogliotti, Pablo Vinci
Producer: Franca G. González, Gonzalo Berra
Executive Producer: Nadia Martínez, Belén Noceti
Production company: Franca González Cine
About BAFICI
The Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival (BAFICI) is one of the most important film festivals in Latin America. The BAFICI offers a heterogeneous menu of films that come for its attractiveness and its particular idea of renewal and tradition, already established in a quarter of a century since this event has been organized by the Ministry of Culture of the City of Buenos Aires.