Album for the Youth

(Álbum para la juventud)
Malena Solarz | Fiction, Drama, Comedy

2021 | 82 minutes | Argentina

Pedro & Sol, fresh out of school, embrace their passions: Sol revisits music, Pedro secretly dives into writing. Unbeknownst, they mature.

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Synopsis

Pedro (Santiago Canepari) and Sol (Ariel Rausch) have just finished high school and spend their holidays approaching the tasks that one day could be their professions. Sol uses her piano lessons to review old musical recordings from when she was a child. Pedro’s interested in dramaturgy and begins a writing workshop keeping it secret. They’re growing up without even noticing.

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Main credits

Solarz, Malena (film director)
Solarz, Malena (screenwriter)
Canepari, Santiago (actor)
Rausch, Ariel (actor)

Other credits

Cinematography, Fernando Lockett; music, Julián Solarz.


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Festivals

Ventana Sur - Best Film Primer Corte; Mar del Plata International Film Festival; Jeonju International Film Festival ; New Directors/New Films; Uruguay International Film Festival; D´Autor Festival Barcelona -Filmin; Sé_Cine Segovia; Cinemancia Metropolitan Film Festival; Quito Iberoamerican Free Film Festival; Novos Cinemas - Pontevedra International Film Festival; Black Canvas Contemporary Film Festival - Nowadays

DIRECTOR: Malena Solarz

NATIONALITY: Argentina

YEAR: 2021

GENRE: Fiction, Drama, Comedy

LANGUAGE: Spanish

COLOR / B&W: Color

GRADE LEVEL: Middle School, High School, College, Adults

SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE

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