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Shakti (2019 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Shakti' is a 2019 Argentine-Chilean short film written and directed by Martn Rejtman. The film premiered at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival on 9 February 2019, where it was nominated for best short film. It was Rejtman's first short film project in over thirty years.[https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/090467-000-A/rencontre-avec-martin-rejtman/ Rencontre avec Martn Rejtman - Ralisateur de "Shakti"] Arte. Retrieved on 8 November 2019
Plot summary
Fede, is in his mid-twenties and lives alone in a Buenos Aires apartment. He splits up with his girlfriend, Magda on the say that his grandmother dies. He then meets a new love interest, Shakti and invites her to dinner. Rejtman explained that the film is about "a Jewish young man, the death of his grandmother, depression, Hare Krishnas, Pesach (Passover), and potato knishes."[https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/news-martin-rejtman-jonathan-glazer-amma-asante/ News to Me: Martn Rejtman, Jonathan Glazer, Amma Asante] Film Comment. 24 June 2018[https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2019/02_programm_2019/02_Filmdatenblatt_2019_201919175.html#tab=video Shakti] Berlinale Film Festival. Retrieved on 1 November 2019
Cast
*Ignacio Solmonese as Fede
*Laura Visconti as Shakti
*Susana Pampn as Fede's psychologist
*Valentina Posleman as Magda
*Pablo Moseinco as Padre Fede
*Emma Luisa Rivero as Delia
*Patricio Penna as Ulises
*Miel Bargman as female client at psychologist's practice
*Alejandra Flechner as Beatriz
References
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