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.
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Jorge MontanariDirector
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Francisco Godinez GalayDirector
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Jorge MontanariWriter
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Francisco Godinez GalayWriter
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Jorge MontanariProducer
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Francisco Godinez GalayProducer
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Jorge MontanariKey Cast
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Francisco Godinez GalayKey Cast
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Marco Martinetti MontanariKey Cast
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Marcos ZuritaKey Cast
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Horacio Rodriguez LarretaKey Cast
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Ricardo FerrariKey Cast
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Francisco Gonzalez TaboasKey Cast
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Patricio GrondaKey Cast
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Juan Martin GutierrezKey Cast
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Ignacio Di Toma MuesKey Cast
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Project Title (Original Language):El ñandú
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Project Type:Documentary
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Runtime:60 minutes
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Completion Date:November 1, 2015
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Production Budget:10 USD
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Country of Origin:Argentina
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Country of Filming:Argentina
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Language:Spanish
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
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.