AFRODITA (EL JARDÍN DE LOS PERFUMES)
Argentina-Mali

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19/10 18:30 CENTRO CULTURAL SÃO PAULO
20/10 21:45 MIS - AUDITÓRIO


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hird part of film director Pablo Cesar's trilogy consisting of Equinoccio (El Jardín de las Rosas), filmed in Tunisia, and Unicornio (El Jardín de las Frutas), filmed in India. Set in the heart of black Africa, in an ancient village where time appears to have stopped still, the film is entirely played by black actors/actresses (from Mali and Argentina).

     The script is inspired in Greek mythology, as from the version by Hesiod in his Theogony, and transports the goddess Aphrodite to Africa. She was born from the genitals of Uranus, mutilated by his youngest son who cast the organs into the ocean.

     All of the gods await the birth of Aphrodite, born from the union of Uranus's genitals with the waters. The next day, the Zephyrs find a naked boy asleep by the sea. Enchanted with the boy, they decide he is Aphrodite and lead him to the gods. Aphrodite seduces the gods Hermes and Dionysius who never for a moment question her sexuality. And thus, to satisfy them, Aphrodite bears them seven children.

   
 
Director : Pablo Cesar
Screenplay : Pablo Cesar
Cinematographer : Carlos Essmann, Carlos Ferro
Edition : Liliana Nadal
Cast : Issa Coulibaly, Alejandro da Silva, Karamoko Sinayoko, Guibi Ouedraogo, Sacko Kanté
Production : Miguel Cesar Producciones Centre National de Produción Cinématographique
World Sales : San Martin 543 - 6D
Buenos Aires - Argentina - 1004
Tel./Fax: 54 11 4393 7972
Email: pablocesar@atlantidafilms.com
  Col., 91min., 1998
 

Nasceu em Buenos Aires, em 1962. Realizou 21 curtas, premiados em vários festivais de cinema de todo o mundo. Estreou na direção de longas com La Sagrada Familia, de 1987, realizando em seguida Equinoccio (El Jardín de las Flores), Fuego Gris (seleção da 18ª Mostra) e Unicornio (El Jardín de las Frutas), exibido na 21ª Mostra.