PADRE is a short stop-motion film directed by Santiago Bou Grasso. It is the winner of 90 international awards and was selected in 265 international film festivals.
Set in 1983 Argentinian at the end of dictatorship rule. A woman’s daily routine revolves around her elderly father. He was a General in the Argentinian dictatorship, though bedridden, he has reduced his daughter’s existence to subjection.
The film sensitively captures the daughter’s isolation. It uses a cold purple hue to unify the home’s interiors. While the window’s warm orange glow taunts the daughter of the outside. The short is beautifully scored with violins. Which are interrupted by the heightened sound effects of domestic appliances, followed by bouts of uncomfortable silence.
You can watch a making of PADRE on Vimeo, and find out more on Facebook. You can also head over to Grasso’s studio Opusbou to see some of his other productions.
Credits
Idea and Direction: Santiago Bou Grasso
Screenplay: Santiago Bou Grasso
Screenplay advisor: Patricio Plaza
Pre production: Santiago Bou Grasso, Silvina Cornillón, Patricio Plaza, Natalia Acosta
Storyboards: Santiago Bou Grasso, Patricio Plaza
Stop motion Animation: Santiago Bou Grasso
Production (France): Dora Benousilio
Production (Argentina): Santiago Bou Grasso, Patricio Plaza
Cinematographer: Sergio Piñeyro, Juan Maglione
CGI Clock: Gervasio Rodriguez Traverso (Trexel), Pablo A. Diaz (Trexel), Marcelo Maccarrone
CGI Birds: Mariano Antico (Barraca Post), Federico Gimeno, Miguel Alejandro Cortina
Post production: Diego Gambarotta, Javier Ignacio Luna Crook, Hernán González, Guadalupe Labaké
Montage – Editing: Santiago Bou Grasso, Patricio Plaza
Armatures: Santiago Bou Grasso, Florentino Grasso
Puppet matrices and constructions: Ariel Bernachea
Art assistants: Ariel Bernachea, Sebastián Hojnadel, Christian Davies, Maru Tomé, Diana Rasco, Mauro Rodriguez Santos, Ana Flores
Costumes and Graphic Design: Natalia Acosta
Portraits Illustrations: Sebastian Dufour
Music: Lucas Nikotian, Patricio Plaza
Sound mixing and editing: Alexandre Lormeau
Foley: Patricio Plaza, Romain Anklewicz
Foley recording: Stephane de Rocquigny
Auditoriums: HLC
Laboratories: Sylicone
Color correction: Isabelle Laclau
Collaborators: Gustavo Goglino, Agustin Pecchia, Leonardo Crisóstomo, Humberto Taglialegna, Eugenia Mindurry, Facundo Marsilli
