Isabella

Matías Piñeiro

Direccions Argentina, France 80 min Catalan premiere Fiction

Synopsis

Mariel (María Villar) wants to play the role of Isabella in a local theater troupe’s production of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, but money problems prevent her from preparing for the audition. She thinks of asking her brother for financial help, but is worried about being too direct. Her solution is to ask her brother’s girlfriend, Luciana (Agustina Muñoz), also an actress and a more self-assured one, to convince her brother to give her the money. Luciana agrees on the condition that Mariel will not abandon her acting and continue to prepare for the part of Isabella.

Themes

Latin American CinemaDramaLiterature

Filmmaker

Matías Piñeiro

He studied at the Argentine Cinema University and obtained a Radcliffe scholarship to study at Harvard. Her career has been seen, almost entirely, in D’A, where he landed in 2013 with Viola, and later with La princesa de Francia, Hermia & Helena and Isabella. His films form a beautiful, fun and original set that plays with the theatricality of everyday life, always close to Shakespeare. In 2016 he was part of the D’A jury.

Filmography: Sycorax (short, codirected, 2021, D'A 2022), Isabella (2020, D'A 2021), Hermia & Helena (2016, D'A 2017), Is It Raining? (short, 2016), La princesa de Francia (2014, D'A 2015), Viola (2012, D'A 2013), Rosalinda (short, 2011), Todos mienten (2009), El hombre robado (2007), A propósito de Buenos Aires (2006)

Matías Piñeiro

Film information

Director: Matías Piñeiro
Script: Matías Piñeiro
Contact: Noucinemart
With: María Villar, Agustina Muñoz, Pablo Sigal
Country: Argentina, France
Year: 2020
Format: DCP
Length: 80 min
Language: Spanish
Edition: 2021

Awards

BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Encounters Award Special Mention

MAR DEL PLATA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Best Direction
Best Actress

GIJÓN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Albar Section Distribution Award

Poster

Isabella