Patricio Coll
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Patricio Coll is a movie director from Argentina
who has worked in film, video and TV, both in Argentina and Venezuela and Spain. He currently resides in Santa Fe
.
Coll was assistant director on the acclaimed 1968 movie Palo y hueso, directed by Nicolás Sarquís
and starring Héctor da Rosa
and Miguel Ligero.
For his 2001 movie Cicatrices (Scars), based on the novel of the same name by Juan Jose Saer
, he was nominated for the 2002 Silver Condor award for Best Screenplay Adaptation at the Mar del Plata Film Festival
.
Cicatrices weaves together three stories of frustrated men and women in the 1960s, a downbeat movie in which it always seems to be raining.
The movie starred Omar Fantini, Raul Kreig, Pablo Di Crocce, Monica Galan, Maria Leal and Vando Villamil.
A critic said of the movie "Coll's film is not easy to pigeonhole: it revolutionizes the visual language, and yet openly avoids clichés of cinema in recent decades".
In 1966, Patrick Coll and Jorge Goldenberg Hachero filmed a documentary on the social situation of the loggers in the northern province of Santa Fe. The film crew was based in a small town called Fortin Olmos, where a group of worker priests from the Congregation of the Brothers de Foucauld
had settled a few years earlier and established a farm cooperative.
Forty years later, the filmmakers returned in search of survivors from that experiment, documented in the 2008 Regreso a Fortín Olmos (Back to Fortin Olmos).
Although the cooperative proved to be an unattainable utopia, the film shows the clarity, conviction, passion and dedication of the protagonists.
He co-directed City of Shadows (2010) with Mario Cuello, Julio Hiver and Diego Soffici.
The movie is based on four stories by different writers from Santa Fe
, billed as "Four stories, four managers, one city".
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
who has worked in film, video and TV, both in Argentina and Venezuela and Spain. He currently resides in Santa Fe
Santa Fe, Argentina
Santa Fe is the capital city of province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It sits in northeastern Argentina, near the junction of the Paraná and Salado rivers. It lies opposite the city of Paraná, to which it is linked by the Hernandarias Subfluvial Tunnel. The city is also connected by canal with the...
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Coll was assistant director on the acclaimed 1968 movie Palo y hueso, directed by Nicolás Sarquís
Nicolás Sarquís
Nicolás Sarquís was an Argentine film director and screenwriter. His first full-length movie was Palo y hueso , filmed in black and white.He died of lung cancer in 2003.-Filmography:*1965 Después de hora...
and starring Héctor da Rosa
Héctor da Rosa
-Filmography:*1968 Rafael Heredia El Gitano as Hermano Menor*1968 Palo y hueso as Domingo*1971 Argentino hasta la muerte*1971 A Bravo of the 1900's*1971 The Big Highway*1974 Contigo y aquí...
and Miguel Ligero.
For his 2001 movie Cicatrices (Scars), based on the novel of the same name by Juan Jose Saer
Juan José Saer
Juan José Saer was one of the most important Argentine novelists of the last fifty years.Born to Syrian immigrants in Serodino, a small town in the Santa Fe Province, he studied law and philosophy at the National University of the Littoral, where he taught History of Cinematography. Thanks to a...
, he was nominated for the 2002 Silver Condor award for Best Screenplay Adaptation at the Mar del Plata Film Festival
Mar del Plata Film Festival
The Mar del Plata International Film Festival is an international film festival that takes place every November in the city of Mar del Plata, Argentina...
.
Cicatrices weaves together three stories of frustrated men and women in the 1960s, a downbeat movie in which it always seems to be raining.
The movie starred Omar Fantini, Raul Kreig, Pablo Di Crocce, Monica Galan, Maria Leal and Vando Villamil.
A critic said of the movie "Coll's film is not easy to pigeonhole: it revolutionizes the visual language, and yet openly avoids clichés of cinema in recent decades".
In 1966, Patrick Coll and Jorge Goldenberg Hachero filmed a documentary on the social situation of the loggers in the northern province of Santa Fe. The film crew was based in a small town called Fortin Olmos, where a group of worker priests from the Congregation of the Brothers de Foucauld
Little Brothers of Jesus
The Little Brothers of Jesus is a religious congregation of brothers within the Catholic Church; it is inspired by the life and writings of Blessed Charles de Foucauld...
had settled a few years earlier and established a farm cooperative.
Forty years later, the filmmakers returned in search of survivors from that experiment, documented in the 2008 Regreso a Fortín Olmos (Back to Fortin Olmos).
Although the cooperative proved to be an unattainable utopia, the film shows the clarity, conviction, passion and dedication of the protagonists.
He co-directed City of Shadows (2010) with Mario Cuello, Julio Hiver and Diego Soffici.
The movie is based on four stories by different writers from Santa Fe
Santa Fe, Argentina
Santa Fe is the capital city of province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It sits in northeastern Argentina, near the junction of the Paraná and Salado rivers. It lies opposite the city of Paraná, to which it is linked by the Hernandarias Subfluvial Tunnel. The city is also connected by canal with the...
, billed as "Four stories, four managers, one city".
Movies
Coll wrote and directed:- Hachero nomás (short documentary), 1966
- Cicatrices (Scars), 2001
- Regreso a Fortín Olmos (Back to Fortin Olmos) (documentary), 2008
- Ciudad de sombras (City of Shadows), 2010