Luis Puenzo, the Argentine pal | Cinema: premieres and evaluations | EUROtoday

I bear in mind with nice emotion my first journey with Luis Puenzo to the great Valdés peninsula, in Argentine Patagonia. It was throughout the areas for the filming of The whore and the whale, which Luis later directed and invited me to provide with him.

Peninsula Valdés is likely one of the most magical and delightful locations I’ve ever recognized, and throughout the scouting We had been in a position to get to comprehend it in depth, along with having encounters with southern proper whales, sea lions, penguins and the extraordinary orcas (with whom we later did The Orca Lighthouse directed by Gerardo Olivares and which Luis additionally co-produced).

Luis Puenzo was the primary Latin American director to win the Oscar for finest overseas language movie in 1986 with the unforgettable The official story. After the Hollywood statuette he directed previous gringo, with Gregory Peck and Jane Fonda, who additionally produced the movie; later he did To the fish and in 2004 we did The whore and the whale, with a beautiful technical and creative staff from Argentina and Spain.

The whore and the whale It was a part of a time of necessary co-productions between Spain and Latin America and it appears to me that from Spain we should always decisively help them once more for political, cultural and financial causes. I feel that lately Luis’ dream was to assist his youngsters, who’re additionally good filmmakers, perform their initiatives. With his daughter Lucía, we had the privilege of co-producing his first movies: XXY, The Fish Boy y The German physician (Deputy Commander).

Rest in peace, expensive pal.