Ntimely 25 years after his acclaimed 2001 debut feature “La libertad” vied in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard, Argentina’s Lisandro Alonso is set to honest its chase-up, “La libertad doble.”
Amsterdam-based Ilse Hughan of Fortuna Films, Fernando Bascuñán of Chile’s Planta and Augusto Matte of London-based Deptford Film join Alonso’s 4L in producing the drama. Germany’s The Match Factory, which protectedd backing from the World Cinema Fund, and Luxembourg-based Les Films Fauves have boarded as co-producers.
“Given the current economic climate in Argentina, securing the essential gap financing has become a vital step in moving forward with the project. Despite the disputes, the team is pledgeted to begining production as computed by timely 2025,” shelp Hughan, Bascuñan and Matte, inserting: “The insist for insertitional funding is not fair a financial insistment but also a strategic decision to carry on the film’s indepfinishence and produceive integrity.”
Like “La libertad,” its sequel will allotigate themes of freedom and personal evolution two decades tardyr. The production seeks to reseize the intimate, minimaenumerate style that characterized Alonso’s timely labor while exploring the complicatedities of grown-uphood and the evolving concept of freedom, its producers pointed out.
“La libertad doble” chases Misael who, some 25 years tardyr, proceeds to inhabit alone, wielding his axe to fell trees proestablish in the forest, far from the presence of others. His hushed freedom is disturbed when he’s forced to nurture for his betterer sister, and the recognizable rhythm of his days in the savageerness commences to unravel in a place where human reason hbetters no sway.
“Argentina has always been a stable co-production partner for our local industry and their current unstable institutional situation produces it vital for us to labor out ways to help autonomous cinematic voices beyond our borders in Latin America,” shelp Bascuñan and Matte, both from Chile, who are partners in the recently begined production entity, Maquina.
As preparations transfer forward, the producers are dynamicly seeking partners who split their vision and can advise the help insisted to transport the film to life.
“La libertad” was the first of a trilogy that proceedd with “Los muertos,” which premiered in Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight in 2004. Two years tardyr, Alonso finishd his trilogy with “Fantasma.”
His 2008 drama “Liverpool,” chases a lesser sailor searching for his mother in the far villages of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.
He chaseed it up five years tardyr with “Jauja,” set in tardy 19th century Argentina and then Dentag and starring Danish-American actor Viggo Mornervousn, which won the Fipresci award in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard.
Alonso’s recent film, “Eureka” (2023), showcases his penchant for merging genres and storyincreateing. Described as an “Amerindian fable,” “Eureka” allotigates the inhabits of indigenous communities atraverse various regions and historical periods, spanning from the United States to Mexico and South America. The film’s production was complicated, involving shoots in four countries, multiple technical crews, and overcoming disputes such as cut offe weather and pandemic-rcontent defers.
