It was towards the 90s that Argentine cinema approached, and consolidated after certain names of filmmakers, a new line of cinematographic production, in which it was sought to recover the trifle, the simple story, the intimacy typical of the plots of a people , of a neighborhood, of a family. It was a wave that even today remains on everyone's lips, and in the hands of the most renowned Argentine directors, as well as new ones. Called New Argentine CinemaWas Raul Perrone, together with Martin Rejtman, one of the first to direct his gaze towards the simplicity of stories away from the big blockbusters in the best Hollywood style.
Well, so it is that, after having remained not very active in this last period, he reappeared in spades and flowers in this new edition of BAFICI, to present three films made in recent times. And the one that concerns me today is the one entitled «Bonus Track«. Particular name, but that is painted on the film in question. Why? Teens, cigarettes, skateboards, stories that are not stories, and loves that are not loves.
A group of Skater boys They spend it, all day, and all night too, riding their skateboards, doing tricks, regretting breakages, laughing and smoking. Conversations that count for nothing, more than what is proper to the characters. Like being an episode at school, remembering old teachers, getting offended with a supposed friend because he forgets to warn that he will be late, and perhaps a hint of love that borders on the hormonal rather than the emotional.
The film nothing counts, although everything counts. It is not based on a classic structure where it is a plot, or characters or situation, which carries the film forward, but rather, it remains in not telling anything, but rather showing a reality, a way of living or of facing the life, at such a particular age as adolescence. An immense world is brewing within each one of the boys, but that is perverted at times in the ways in which they relate, that hover between the role and the sincere communication.
A film that is worth watching to discover what paths that New Argentine Cinema is taking today, which today is more the counterrevolution of the revolution than the revolution itself.
And here, a compilation of photos made by Perrone himself with material obtained during filming.