AMIGOMÍO


LA AMIGA


DESEMBARCOS - When Memory Speaks


DAYS TO REMEMBER


MELEK LEAVES


IN THE COUNTRY OF MY PARENTS


MALOU

A WOMAN

MOVING SAND/ TOPOS - FILM

MOVING SAND/ TOPOS


CONFUSION / DIFFUSION


MY GERMAN FRIEND


YOU CANNOT WIN WITHOUT FIGHTING


MOSCONI OR TO WHOM THE WORLD BELONGS


FICTIONAL LIES ON RIGHT OCCASIONS


ANNA’S SUMMER

AMIGOMIO

Germany/ Argentina 1995
Malena Films in co-production with Telefilm Saar (Germany) and Chelko Producciones (Argentina)

Feature film, 35 mm, 114 min, original version in Spanish with English subtitles and in synchronized version in German
Shooting locations: Argentina, Ecuador and Bolivia

Summary:

Amigomío tells of the relationship between a young father and his son. It is also about the repeated rootlessness and the quest of an Argentinian man of german-jewish origins, for the possibility of a latin-american identity. Carlos Löwenthal is almost 30 and is an unemployed academic.
In the Thirties his parents had to leave Europe into exile - now history repeats itself within him.
Their fate is that of many thousands in the world today; emigrants, who have to leave their home countries for economical or political reasons. Carlos and his wife Negra have split up recently. Just as Negra and Carlos can come together again, Negra is suddenly abducted and both father and son have to leave the country. Now, Carlos and Amigomío are getting to know each other better. They begin a strange journey to Ecuador through different Latin American countries, meet peculiar people, take dilapidated trains and busses, roam through the Andes and reach Quito where they have to start a new life. Carlos misses his country and Negra. Amigomío, not being burdened by memories, is able to adjust much better and becomes a Quito kid. He wants to be Ecuadorian but his father wants to remain Argentinian. The conflict is unavoidable.

Press comments:

"Not the least of the film's merits is to have maintained narrative flow against a constantly changing background. This is done through the relationship between Carlos and Amigomío. (...) One could look for things to quibble about in 'Amigomío', but why bother when the whole works so well? If most new local films were up to this standard, we'd be talking about an Argentinian renaissance."
Buenos Aires Herald, Buenos Aires (Julian Cooper, June 11, 1994)