Mitre preps political thriller 'The Plain'

GIJON, The nation -- Argentina's Santiago Mitre is planning his second directorial outing, political thriller "La llanura" (The Plain). A effective political thriller set against Argentine college politics, Mitre's "A StudentInch carried out Locarno, winning the Special Jury Prize, then Toronto and NY, creating him within the get-go just like a new talent to follow. Mitre also co-written Pablo Trapero's "Lion's Family room" and "Carancho" with Trapero and Alejandro Fadel. He's penning a 40-page technique to "The Plain" with "A StudentInch co-scribe Mariano Llinas. "A StudentInch has an incisive insider's undertake Peronist political skulduggery, "The Plain," a couple-part movie, "comes at politics in the different position," Mitre mentioned at Spain's Gijon fest where "A StudentInch was building buzz before its Tuesday Competition screening. "Plain's" first part tracks a young lady journalist who hits the southern campaign trail from the politician expected being Argentina's next vice-leader. Set 10 years earlier, then it charts the bond involving the politician and also the other former militant of just one of Argentina's '70s anti-Junta revolutionary groups. Together they organized a jail-break in the clandestine detention center, which left many companeros dead. "The candidate is regarded as as just like a hero, another guy isn't,Inch mentioned Mitre. " 'The Plain' talks about background politics' need to construct and re-construct history, creating figures, myths." "Plain" will share "The Student's" strong sense of place and combination of narrative thrust and near docu-style to cover the campaign moments, Mitre mentioned. Union aims to structure "The Plain" -- whose title describes a familiar part of Argentina's sprawling Pampa -- becoming an worldwide co-production. Mitre's next is defined at Mitre's Buenos Aires-based La Union p los Rios, run with Agustina Llambi Campbell. Union may also be finalizing publish-production on Fadel's directorial n, the Hubert Bals Fund-backed "Los salvajes." Also put together by Fadel, the end result quite a bit of adolescents who avoid a reformatory and continue to mix the Argentina's Cordoba Sierra. The Sierra is beautiful nevertheless the youngsters are violent. All "Los salvajes'" four parts focuses on a personality. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com