Paraguayan Hammock
Synopsis
June 14, 1934. It’s autumn, but the heat lingers and shows no signs of abating. In an isolated region in Paraguay, Candida and Ramon, an elderly farming couple, wait for their son to return from the frontlines of the Chaco war. They’re also waiting for rain (that is imminent but never arrives), wind (that doesn’t blow), for the heat to subside (but it continues although it’s not the right season), for the dog to stop barking (it doesn’t); in short, they’re waiting for better times. Between what was and what will happen next there is this moment of eternal waiting. Each deals with the situation differently: Ramon, the father, faces the wait with optimism; Candida is convinced that her son is dead and that this waiting is useless. The roles are reversed while the couple waits: each receives a signal from their son that will make them change their attitude and position.
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Director (1)
Actors (2)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Slot Machine
- Co-production : Arte France Cinéma
- Foreign production companies : Fortuna Films, Lita Stantic Productions, Illuminations Films, CMW Films, Wanda Vision
- French distribution : ID Distribution
Full credits (9)
- Executive Producer : Marianne Slot
- Director of Photography : Willi Behnisch
- Editor : Miguel Schverdfinger
- Sound recordists : Guido Berenblum, Victor Tendler
- Foreign producers : Lita Stantic, Ilse Hughan
- Line Producers : Simon Field, Keith Griffiths
- Co-producers : Lita Stantic, Ilse Hughan, José Maria Morales, Christoph Meyer-Wiel
- Production managers : Marta Parga, Gabriela Sabate Pompa
- Press Attaché (film) : Vanessa Jerrom
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Production language : Guarani
- Coproducer countries : France, Argentina, The Netherlands, Paraguay
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Argentina, The Netherlands, Paraguay)
- Production year : 2006
- French release : 15/11/2006
- Runtime : 1 h 18 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 113.315
- Visa issue date : 16/10/2006
- Approval : Unknown
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby SRD
News & awards
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This project has been selected by: L'Atelier du Festival, Cannes Film Festival 2005; FONDEC, Paraguay; Fundacion Carolina, Spain; Cinemart, International Film Festival Rotterdam; Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development, Holland.
