Private Project

The rhea

The memory of the existence of a rhea in an urban yard of Buenos Aires during the ‘80s triggers this documentary. The excuse of learning something more about that animal allows us to discover a tipical capital city's neighbourhood, its transformations, people and stories. But its inhabitants do not remember having seen the rhea, bringing the shadow of a doubt over us. Did it exist? How can someone remember something so strange like this if it was not real? With the aim of unscrambling the mistery, we try to put all the different pieces together, by interviewing experts on animal rights, animal behaviour, a psychiatrist, and others. As we get into the matter, we discover how the military dictatorship and later the neoliberalism affected the life of this neighbourhood along the past decades.

  • Jorge Montanari
    Director
  • Francisco Godinez Galay
    Director
  • Jorge Montanari
    Writer
  • Francisco Godinez Galay
    Writer
  • Jorge Montanari
    Producer
  • Francisco Godinez Galay
    Producer
  • Jorge Montanari
    Key Cast
  • Francisco Godinez Galay
    Key Cast
  • Marco Martinetti Montanari
    Key Cast
  • Marcos Zurita
    Key Cast
  • Horacio Rodriguez Larreta
    Key Cast
  • Ricardo Ferrari
    Key Cast
  • Francisco Gonzalez Taboas
    Key Cast
  • Patricio Gronda
    Key Cast
  • Juan Martin Gutierrez
    Key Cast
  • Ignacio Di Toma Mues
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    El ñandú
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    60 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    November 1, 2015
  • Production Budget:
    10 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Argentina
  • Country of Filming:
    Argentina
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Jorge Montanari, Francisco Godinez Galay

Francisco Godinez Galay was born in 1982. He is Licenciate in Communication by the University of Buenos Aires. He is the director of a branch of a NGO focused on the teaching of radio production for aborigin collectives. He is part of the multifacetic group "Bola Sin Manija".
Jorge Montanari, born in 1976, is a science researcher in the field of Nanotechnology and a novel writer. He also belongs to Bola Sin Manija.
“El ñandú” is their debut film. They do not have any previous experience in the field of cinema. Their idea was to produce this documentary with no budget at all, using only their home equipment.

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