CAAMFest 2015

La Salada (Juán Martin Hsu; Argentina, 2014).

When
Sun Mar 15, 2015
Where
PFA Theater
Time
5:30pm
Cost
$12 - $14
Tags
Movies, Foreign, Film Festivals

Description

In Person / Juán Martin Hsu

Argentina’s bustling La Salada, an enormous discount market just outside of Buenos Aires, provides the nucleus for Juan Martin Hsu’s understated directorial debut. His ensemble cast includes Korean, Taiwanese, and Bolivian immigrants to Argentina, whose experiences converge and dance parallel to one another with equal parts poignancy and banality. Bruno, newly arrived from Bolivia, strikes up an unlikely friendship with his employer, successful Korean clothes vendor Mr. Kim. Huang sells pirated DVDs by day and by night longs for his native Taiwan. Hsu’s myopic view illuminates the painful middle ground that all immigrants inhabit, teetering between borders and across chasms. 

• Written by Hsu. Photographed by Tebbe Schöningh. With Ignacio Huang, Yunseon Kim, Chang Sun Kim, Nicolás Mateo.
(92 mins, In Spanish, Mandarin, and Korean with English subtitles, Color, DCP)

More Info

Link
http://bampfa.berkeley.edu/filmseries/caamfest_2015
Call
(510) 642-1412
Call
510.642.5249 (Box Office)
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Location

  1. PFA Theater
    2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA