Opus

Story

Synopsis

In July 2002, an American Producer comissions director Mariano Donoso a documentary on the state of Education in San Juan, the province where he was born. On the first day of filming, a teachers’ strike begins, paralyzing classes in the whole province, and – indirectly – the film itself. Donoso consequently embarks on an odyssey (which is sometimes funny and sometimes sad), through the past and present of his homeland. Stikes, claims, Sarmiento, the earthquake, the province’s bureocracy and its relationship with Buenos Aires, and finally, the desert, await for Donoso in his venturesome journey.

Director

Mariano Donoso

Writers

Mariano Llinás, Mariano Donoso, Agustín Mendilaharzu

Language

Spanish; Castilian

Country

Argentina

Release date

19 April 2005

Ensemble

Cast

• Mariano Donoso