Brief Story from the Green Planet (Spanish: Breve historia del planeta verde) is a 2019 internationally co-produced science fiction adventure film directed by Argentine filmmaker Santiago Loza. The film centres on Tania (Romina Escobar), a young transgender woman mourning the recent death of her grandmother, who discovers that her grandmother was taking care of an extraterrestrial alien and embarks on a quest with her longtime friends Daniela (Paula Grinszpan) and Pedro (Luis Sodá) to return the creature to where it was originally found.[1]
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Spanish | Breve historia del planeta verde |
Directed by | Santiago Loza |
Written by | Santiago Loza |
Produced by | Paulo Carvalho Ángeles Hernández David Matamoros Luana Melgaço Constanza Sanz Palacios |
Starring | Romina Escobar Paula Grinszpan Luis Sodá |
Cinematography | Eduardo Crespo |
Edited by | Iair Michel Attias Lorena Moriconi |
Production companies | Anavilhana Filmes Autentika Films Constanza Sanz Palacios Films Zentropa |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
Countries | Argentina Germany Brazil Spain |
Language | Spanish |
The film is an international co-production between Argentina, Brazil, Germany and Spain.
The film premiered at the 2019 Berlin Film Festival,[2] where it won the Teddy Award for best LGBTQ-themed feature film.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Brief Story from the Green Planet: Berlin 2019 Review". The Film Stage, February 12, 2019.
- ^ "El encanto argentino en el Festival de cine de Berlín". La Voz del Interior, February 14, 2019.
- ^ "Berlin: 'Brief Story from the Green Planet' Wins Teddy Award for Best LGBTQ Film". The Hollywood Reporter, February 16, 2019.
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