16 Jan 2013
Director: Pablo Giorgelli
Argentina
2011
82 min
Simple and taciturn, this gentle drama unfolds almost languorously as the protagonist’s lumber truck covers mile after mile of Argentinean highway. Long distance lorry driver Rubén (German de Silva) is told by his boss that he must take a woman and her infant child with him to Buenos Aires.
There is very little dialogue, and the visuals are deliberately limited (the vast majority of the film’s ‘action’ takes place in the truck cab), yet still the viewer is drawn into the slowly unfolding relationship between the characters. This intimacy creates a feeling of honesty enhanced by genuine and unforced performances.