The castle

Synopsis

After working as a domestic worker all her life, Justina (60) inherits a huge mansion in the middle of the Argentine pampas from her former employer. The only condition is that she never sells it.
While the house collapses and the farm animals are sold, Alexia, her daughter, prepares to return to the city.
The castle allows us to share the last months that mother and daughter spend together in a bittersweet fairy tale that offers promises of salvation, while both the protagonists and the audience wonder how far the absurdity of our class society can go.

Festivals & awards

• LATAM Work in Progress in San Sebastian Film Festival (Spain), 2022
• Rough cuts — IDFA Forum (Netherlands (Amsterdam)), 2022
• PANORAMA selection — Berlinale (Germany), 2023
• Competition — Zurich Film Festival (Switzerland), 2023
• Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival (Greece), 2023
• Best Director Award — Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias (Colombia), 2023
• Best Director Award — Honk Kong IFF (Hong Kong), 2023
• Hot Docs IFF (Canada), 2023
• Jeonju IFF (South Korea), 2023
• Festival international de cine de Guadalajara (Mexique), 2023
• Section People & community — Docaviv (Israel), 2023
• Compétition — Sheffield Doc FF (United Kingdom), 2023
• New horizons IFF (Pologne), 2023
• Ambulante Film Festival (Mexique), 2023
• Lima Film Festival (Perou), 2023
• Section Documentaires — Reyjavik international film festival (Islande), 2023
• Special Screening — Biarritz America Latina Film Festival (France), 2023
• Compétition — Camden IFF (Etats-Unis), 2023
• Compétition – Premio Horizontes — Brussels IFF (Belgium), 2023
• Competition – Premio Horizontes — San Sebastian Film Festival (Spain), 2023
• Helsinki international film festival (Finlande), 2023
• Mostra Sao Paulo international film festival (Brésil), 2023
• Queer film festival Bremen (Allemagne), 2023
• Mumbai film festival (Inde), 2023
• Nambo film festival (Corée du Sud), 2023
• Section internationale — Golden rooster awards/ Film festival international (Chine), 2023
• Message to man film festival (Russie), 2023
• Hors-compétition — Stockholm International film festival (Suède), 2023
• Best of Fests — IDFA (Pays-Bas), 2023
• Compétition longs-métrages — FIFAM (France), 2023
• Exground film festival (Allemagne), 2023
• Miradas Medellin (Colombie), 2023
• Black Movie Festival (Suisse), 2024
• Compétition — Antenna documentary film festival (Australia), 2024