GAUCHO, GAUCHO, by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw, Presented at 22nd FICM

by: Gustavo R. Gallardo

The documentary Gaucho, Gaucho was presented at the 22nd edition of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), with directors Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw in attendance.

Gaucho, Gaucho explores a group of iconic “Argentine cowboys” living beyond the confines of the modern world, whose relationship weaves a mosaic of tales of gauchos facing the fragility of their world in the face of unprecedented change. The stories follow the lives of men and women of different ages, backgrounds and talents, all connected in their struggle to remain free.

At the presentation of the film, Michael Dweck said that “it is a dream” to screen it in Morelia, and thanked the president of the festival, Alejandro Ramírez, who was also present, as well as the vice president Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Batel, and the founder and general director of FICM, Daniela Michel, for all their support.

“This film has life because of him,” Dweck added about Alejandro Ramírez, noting that it will be screened in many theaters in Mexico and Latin America.

For his part, Gregory Kershaw said that the project for Gaucho, Gaucho began three years ago when they became obsessed with the figure of the gaucho, part of Argentina's identity.

“Gaucho, Gaucho what it means is that you are already a real gaucho, not a half-baked one. That you know how to handle horses and cows, that you dress like a gaucho, that you know the songs, everything that comes with being one,” Kershaw explained about a community that, he said, “has clung to its freedom.”