108 – Cuchillo de Palo
2010• Documentary •01h31
Rodolfo was the only one among Renate’s uncles who didn’t want to be a blacksmith like her grandfather: He wanted to be a dancer. This is the search of the traces of his life and the discovery that in the Paraguay of the eighties, under Stroessner’s dictatorship, he was included in one of the “108 homosexual lists”, arrested and tortured.
Rodolfo’s story reveals a part of the hidden and silenced history of my country. In “108” two generations get confronted to understand the place each one of us occupies in the world.
Director: Renate Costa
Casting: Renate Costa, Miguel Auad Petunia, Manuel Cuenca
Language: Spanish
Subtitles: French, English
Release date: 23/03/2011
2010: Berlinale - Panorama
2010: Festival des Trois Continents de Nantes - Montgolfière d’Argent & Prix du Jeune Public
2010: Guadalajara IFF – Mention Spéciale du Jury & prix FEISAL
2010: BAFICI – Meilleur Film de la section Human Rights
2010: Krakow IFF – Mention Spéciale
« The style is simple but the emotions highly sophisticated » - The New York Times
« More than touching, an impacting film... » - Abus de Ciné
« A powerful and poignant documentary. » - Critikat
