La Antena

An impressive example of the vitality and the formal potential of silent cinema, the long-awaited second feature by Esteban Sapir is also welcome proof of the continuing attraction it has for contemporary film makers. Inspired by the cinema of Murnau and Lang, of Eisenstein and Vertov, La antena is nevertheless a very modern film. The form, the editing and the techniques used reveal that La Antena is a film of our own time. The fairytale allegory continues to surprise from scene to scene with extensive, cleverly-made sets and beautiful use of words on screen. In a wintry metropolis in the year xxx, the mercilessly bad Mr TV rules. People watch TV and eat the TV meals produced by Mr TV. Mr TV is working on a sinister plan with a dangerous hypnotic machine that operates through the TV to ensure that all life will be subjected to him forever. To achieve this, he kidnaps the only one who still has The Voice – a stunningly beautiful singer. An inventor witnesses the kidnapping and flees with his family to an old broadcasting mast in an attempt to thwart approaching doom. Rotterdam Film Festival Programme