- Manuel Abramovic
- cineasta, artista
- Berlin - Buenos Aires
Las Luces
Film, 2015, 6min
Every Christmas, in a busy village near the northern reaches of Argentina, a humble family home transforms into a multitudinous display of blinking festive lights. Jorge Gervasi and his son Jorgito have made an annual tradition of converting their house into a luminous Christmas monument, which their neighbors call “la casa de las luces”—the house of lights.
This contemplative, black-and-white project was conceived by Argentinian directing duo Manuel Abramovich and Juan Renau, who tease out the theatricality of the Gervasis’ self-appointed mission to enliven their community with the spirit of Christmas.
The Lights, Abramovich and Renau observe, is a metaphor for filmmaking: “To watch Jorge and Jorgito sitting in their home surrounded by their creation is like looking at ourselves in the mirror, sitting in a darkened movie theater while this film is being shown. And just like the Gervasis plan next year’s lights, we walk out of the theater thinking about our next film.” NOWNESS
Directed by MANUEL ABRAMOVICH and JUAN RENAU
Edited by FEDERICO ROZAS
Sound SOFÍA STRAFACE
Color LUISA CAVANAGH
Poster LEANDRO IBARRA