DANCING WITH MARIA

DANCING WITH MARIA

    Price: $350.00

    Code: 2570

    Directed by Ivan Gergolet
    2015, 75 minutes
    Purchase $350 | Classroom rental: $125
    Maria Fux is an elderly Argentinian dancer. In her Buenos Aires studio, she welcomes dancers from all walks of life, including women and men with physical and mental impairments, and arranges integrated dance groups. Throughout the documentary we meet many of Maria’s students. Diana, who is diagnosed with polio, overcomes her own limits through dancing and reclaims her femininity. Marcos and Macarena, two teenagers with down syndrome, meet at Maria's studio and learn to express themselves in new ways.

    After years of developing and cultivating her teaching style which is based on the perception of inner rhythms and the symbiosis with music, Maria Fux is now dealing with one last student, possibly the most difficult one: herself. At the age of 90, Maria fights her ultimate battle against the limits of her own body.



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    Festivals & Awards

    WINNER - Venice International Film Festival, International Critics' Week – Civitas Vitae Award
    Official Selection - FSF – Slovenian Film Festival
    Official Selection - Cairo International Film Festival, International Critics' Week
    Official Selection - Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Panorama, Special Screening
    Official Selection - Goteborg International Film Festival
    Official Selection - Guadalajara International Film Festival
    Official Selection - Vera Film Festival
    Official Selection - Sofia International Film Festival


    Reviews

    "Dancing With Maria is the emotional incursion of a filmmaker in an engaging and poetic world, where word, movement, music and bodies draw the very essence of cinema in its most profound meaning." F. Di Pace, International Delegate, Venice Critics' Week

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