The Gold Bug
El Escarabajo de Oro
Directed by
Argentina, Denmark, Sweden
2014
102 min
- Spanish
Drama
They all struggle: European Filmmakers vs. South American Filmmakers; Independent Cinema vs. Cinema Funds; Wild vs. Civilisation; North vs. South; Pirates vs. Pirates; An old XIXth Century Politician vs. an old XIX Century feminist Poet; Producers vs. Directors; Poe vs. Stevenson; Long John Silver vs. Captain Smollet; Adventure vs. Money; Beauty vs. Greed; The search of truth and wisdom vs. hypocrisy and wickedness; The rich vs. the poor; Men vs. Women; Fiction vs. Facts.
They all struggle, but only one wins.
Awards
- Special Jury Mention - International Competition COSQUÍN
- Best Film - Argentine Competition BAFICI
Festivals
Credits
- Cast
- Rafel Spregelburd
- Walter Jakob
- Luciana Acuna
- Agustina Sario
- Georg Tielmann
- Matthieu Perpoint
- Alejo Moguillansky
- Mariano Llinas
- Agustin Gagliardi
- Milton Rodriguez
- Rodrigo Sanchez Marino
- Fernando Tur
- Andrea Garrote
- Hugo Santiago
- Saga Garde
- Lisandro Andres de Lima
- Enrique Ramon Clos y Ezequiel de Rosso
- Ariel Haas
- Luciano Mendez y Rene Kuger
- Birgit
- Cacho Gauna
- Screenplay
- Alejo Moguillansky
- Mariano Llinas
- Fia-Stina Sandlund
- Cinematography
- Agustin Mendilaharzu
- Cecilia Madorno
- Editing
- Alejo Moguillansky and Mariano Llinás
- Music
- Gabriel Chwojnik
- Production
- EL PAMPERO CINE
Alejo Moguillansky
Argentina
Born in Buenos Aires in 1978, Alejo Moguillansky directed LA PRISONERA (2006), CASTRO (2009) (Best Film and Best Cinematography, Argentine Competition - Bafici ‘09), EL LORO Y EL CISNE (2013) (Special Mention of the Jury in Argentine Competition - Bafici ‘13), NINE SHORT FILMS ON AQUILEA and BORGES/SANTIAGO (2008). His films have been shown in Berlinale, Locarno, Viennale, London, Thessaloniki, Warsaw, among others. He has edited films by Mariano Llinás, Matías Piñeiro, Hugo Santiago, Rafael Filippelli, Albertina Carri, Juan Villegas. His latest film THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL was selected at FICUNAM 2018.
Selected Filmography
Fia-Stina Sandlund
Sweden
Born in 1973. Fia-Stina Sandlund s a Swedish artist and director based in Stockholm and New York, working at the intersection of journalism, social activism and “re-enaction” as a form of history writing. She was educated at the Academy of Photography and Film in Gothenburg and Konstfack in Stockholm. She’s currently working on a film trilogy based on August Strindberg’s famous play MISS JULIE.