LA FORMA EXACTA DE LAS ISLAS / THE EXACT SHAPE OF THE ISLANDS For many, the name Malvinas/Falklands evokes an absurd war between England and Argentina that took place in 1982. For Julieta Vitullo, the protagonist of this film, this tragic history becomes deeply personal 25 years later when she suffers a loss associated with her search to uncover that past, unfolding into a life-affirming struggle for renewal and rebirth. This film tells the story of two trips, one made in 2006 and the other in 2010. In the space between one trip and the next, between past and present, between the public and the private, between what can and cannot be told, the movie reflects on the possibilities of conveying extreme life experiences, presenting landscapes and sounds that suggest subtle contours of that shape, The Exact Shape of the Islands.
CREW Director: Daniel Casabé, Edgardo Dieleke Producer: Alejandro Israel Screenwriters: Edgardo Dieleke, Daniel Casabé, Julieta Vitullo Music: Leo Martinelli Sound Design: SPL, Gonzalo Guerra Cinematographer: Leonardo Hermo Editor: Daniel Casabé, Andrés P. Estrada
AWARDS FESTIVALS:
27º MAR DEL PLATA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – Latin American Competition
34º INTERNATIONAL HAVANA FILM FESTIVAL – Official Competition – FEISAL Award
31º URUGUAY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – Panorama Section
12º TANDIL CINE – ARGENTINEAN FILM FESTIVAL – Official Competition – Best Script Award / Best Movie – Audience Award
02º UNASUR CINE – INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – Official Competition
PRICES AND MENTIONS:
Mention Feisal (Federation of Image and Sound Schools of Latin America Price), 34° Film Festival of La Habana, Cuba, December 2012.
Jury Price for Best Script and Price of the Audience, 12° Film Festival of Tandil, September 2013.
SPECIAL SCREENINGS:
Princeton University, Harvard University, New York University, SUNY Stonybrook, Rutgers University, Puget Sound University, Universidad de Salamanca, Universidad de Valencia, Universidad de Granada / 2012-14
"It's hard to go for the heart and brain at once. La forma exacta de las islas does it.” Pablo Suárez, Buenos Aires Herald.
“Un estudio topográfico del lugar, que explora, se mete en las entrañas de un terreno hostil que parece retratar fantasmas que lo habitan”. Pablo Raimondi, Clarín.
“…un acercamiento sensible, profundo, potente y distinto a lo que estamos acostumbrados”. Diego Batlle, La Nación.
“Una forma exacta, múltiples lecturas… Notable documental sobre Malvinas”. Diego Brodersen, Página 12.
“Se trata, probablemente, de la mejor película argentina sobre el tema”. Roger Koza, La Voz del Interior.