Play
Alicia Scherson
Argentina, Chile | 2005 | 105mins | 35mm | Colour |
Subtitled
In a contemporary city, which could be anywhere in
the world, two strangers both search for love but never
quite seem to find each other.
This is a movie about a lonely, heartbroken man, Tristan
who tries to recover something he has never had and
Cristina, the silent witness to his downfall.
Cristina and Tristan both spend their summers living
in a hot and polluted Santiago. However, Cristina takes
care of an old man in what she sees is a modest city,
while Tristan wanders, heartbroken, in what he sees
as a very modern city. Irene doesn’t love Tristan,
and Cristina doesn’t love Manuel. This lack of
love, when examined under a microscope, makes even the
smallest things appear larger than life.
Play is an urban tale that examines those small things
and looks for clues as to what makes us breathe in a
city that denies itself. This is the story of a man
who searches, and a woman who finds.
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