MOVIE: "GAUCHO GAUCHO"
Details
A celebration of a community of Argentine cowboys and cowgirls, known as Gauchos, living beyond the boundaries of the modern world.
Date: Opens December 5 at 7:30
Venue: Laemmle Glendale
207 N. Maryland Ave.
Glendale, CA 91206
310-478-3836
Ticket information will be posted here
https://www.laemmle.com/film/gaucho-gaucho
dinner at ?? at Khinkali House Georgian restaurant, 113 Artsakh Ave, Glendale, CA
We've eaten here before and it's delicious.
Rotten Tomatoes gives it an 92% favorite rating:
Trailer: https://youtu.be/08BVd9UwwyY?si=eX2zRoP8TWQwgXY5
Gaucho Gaucho is a 2024 is a black-and-white documentary film directed by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw. The film, set in the drought-threatened northwestern cattle country of Argentina, captures the lives of gauchos. It premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where it won a Special Jury Prize for Sound. The documentary received an outdoor screening in August 2024 on the Piazza Grande of the 77th Locarno Film Festival and won the first Letterboxd Piazza Grande Award.
The documentary follows several characters, including Guada, a teenage girl aspiring to join the male-dominated gaucho culture. Her journey serves as a narrative thread, showcasing her challenges and growth in the rodeo circuit.
Gaucho Gaucho received critical acclaim at its Sundance premiere, where it won a Jury Prize for sound. Variety’s Guy Lodge described it as a “perfectly framed,” “loving, visually resplendent documentary” that "gives the Argentine cowboy community ample space to bond and merge". Senior US Critic, Tim Grierson from Screen Daily said Gaucho Gaucho is "An affecting tone poem that ruminates on the passage of time and the passing of traditions".
MOVIE: "GAUCHO GAUCHO"