Manuel Abramovich — Director (5)

Movie

Soldado (2017)
Soldado IMDb Douban
曼纽尔·阿布拉莫维奇 actor: Juan José Gonzalez
other title: 索尔达多 / Soldier
A young man decides to join the army. He becomes the drummer in the military band, and his everyday life is now a combination of military training and music. What does the Argentine Army do these days, more than thirty years after the dictatorship? What does it mean to be a soldier in a country without wars?

Movie

The Queen (2013)
La reina IMDb TMDB Douban
other title: La reina
We are in a village somewhere in Argentina, and it's carnival time. Memi is around 11 years old, and she's preparing to be Queen of the Carnival, a dazzling honor accompanied by costumes, sequins and a magnificent headdress. "The crown is huge, weighs four kilos, studded with rhinestones and amethysts," Memi’s mother proudly explains. While the mother and her girlfriends are lost in the excitement, Memi’s head is reeling from the tension. The camera watches the young girl in close-up. She is stoical – regal, even – as she suffers the attentions of the adults who are always offscreen. Memi’s face betrays nothing but her eyes speak volumes, such as when her mother extols the virtues of hair spray containing the anesthetic Lidocaine. In this case, it's clear you really do have to suffer for beauty – a lesson Memi learns early on. The camera captures Memi’s mixed expression of fear, pride and resignation perfectly. “Memi, a bit tighter?” asks her mother, to which the girl replies, “I don’t know, I don’t feel my head anymore.”

Movie

Pornomelancholia (2022)
Pornomelancolía Douban
other title: 情色忧郁症 / Pornomelancolía
「网黄」辣罗从不吝展示自己的性感胴体,在手机镜头前搔首弄姿,无处不见他的巨雕展翅,更经营成人社群,春光乍泄满是性爱影片。他决定更进一步,离开打工工厂,成为专职GV男优。辣罗开始与交手的男优私约拍片,在色情网络的声势逐渐水涨船高。贩卖性爱为他赚进大笔钞票,却让他的心灵逐渐崩盘。 以《蓝色的应召男郎》勇夺柏林影展最佳短片的阿根廷导演,再次关注男同志色情产业,记录当代网络色情环境与深陷其中的男体。当肉体被虚拟贩卖,真实生活是否也将迈向虚无?宛若不存在的镜头穿梭在GV片场、性爱现场与网路时空,巧妙徜徉各式私密场域间,摄影机运动神乎其技,令人大开眼界。魔幻写实的拍摄手法,与故事中呈现之虚实维度反覆交融、完美贴合,建造一座镜花水月,却又残酷锐利的酷儿性乐园。

Movie

蓝男孩酒吧 (2019)
Blue Boy IMDb TMDB Douban
Manuel Abramovich actor: Florin / Razvan …
other title: Blue Boy / 蓝色的应召男郎(台)
Young men from all over the world have been meeting at the Blue Boy Bar in Berlin for forty years. According to their website, this is where the city's lonely hearts, business people and tourists go.