Cannes Film Festival 2024, San Sebastián International Film Festival 2024
Winner: Semaine de la critique Grand Prix, Cannes Film Festival 2024
Simón is 21 years old. He introduces himself as a mover's helper. He claims not to know how to cook or clean the bathroom, but he does know how to make a bed. His parents are increasingly frustrated with odd changes in his behavior: he has become more withdrawn and appears to be affecting a strange, facial tic. But his new friends –a group of disabled teenagers– accept him as one of them, which clearly gives him a new sense of belonging. Federico Luis’ debut feature Simon of the Mountain is a playful and provocative drama that deftly questions societal attitudes and social boundaries and reinvents familiar scenes from a more conventional coming of age drama with fascinating new twists.
Federico Luis is a filmmaker born in Buenos Aires in 1990. He studied Social Communication Sciences at the UBA (University of Buenos Aires). His short film La Siesta had its international premiere at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival in the Official Short Film Competition. It was also distinguished with an Honorable Mention at the Toronto International Film Festival’s Shortcuts program and won Best Short Film at the 2019 BAFICI. In 2023, he received the award for Best Short at IDFA.
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