TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Direction: TERESA COSTANTINI
Original Idea / Film Script: Maria Soledad Costantini – Teresa Costantini - Sebastián Vigo
Producer by: Teresa Costantini – Maria Soledad Costantini
Executive Producer: Margarita Gómez
Edition: Laura Bua
Sound: Carlos Abbate
Music: Osvaldo Montes
FRANCE TEAM
DF / Camera: Alberto Marquardt
Production: Olivier Pelenc
Camera Assistant: RomainRabier
Sound: Marc Soupa
Driver / Locations: Gilles Crampes
NEW YORK TEAM
DF / Camera: PIERO BASSO
1st AC: ANNA FRANQUESA SOLANO
Sound: JAMES WEIDNER
Production: NANCY SERNA GUERRERO
BUENOS AIRES TEAM
DF / Camera: Jorge Dumitre
Camera: Juan Ignacio Costamagna
Lighting: Maria Soledad Franchini
2nd. Camera Assistant: CAROLINA BONSI GUARRESCHI
Laura Molteni
Electrical work: Adrian Leonardo Piñeiro
Still photos: Santiago Mele
Soundman: Hernan Thambourindeguy
Production Manager: Javier Enrique Flores
Mixing Technician: Sofia Straface
ARTE VIVO FOUNDATION TEAM:
Project Coordinator: Inés Durañona
Administration: Laura Freyre
Advice: Victoria Zimmermann
Production Assistant: Cristóbal Correa Ávila
Press and Communication: Sofia Altberg
MALBA LITERATURE TEAM:
Magdalena Arrupe
Carla Scarpatti
SYNOPSIS
John Coetzee, Nobel Prize for Literature, and the multi-award-winning writer Paul Auster, tell in first person the epistolary exchange they held for 3 years, which allowed them to cultivate a deep relationship they never imagined, simply because of the resource of correspondence.
The documentary gathers these writing moments to narrate the relationship between these two great contemporary literature writers, relating what they feel as time goes by.
The project was born after the presentation of the book "Here & Now" by both authors at the Book Fair in Buenos Aires in 2014. This inspires Teresa and Soledad to travel to southern France and Brooklyn, New York, to conduct these interviews with each of them separately.
It shows John Coetzee immersed in his daily life in his French village, his (current) resting residence, from where part of his routine was to sit down to write Paul on his machine. While Paul's themes are accompanied by the landscapes that recall the passages of his life and work.
They speak in a relaxed and entertaining way about issues such as the future of the world, economy and politics, Apartheid, writing and creative processes, mother tongue, travel, art, sports shows, health, marriage, Chess, and of course friendship. It invites us to learn more about the thoughts of two personalities of this era.
STOCK FOOTAGE
Archivo Difilm. Buenos Aires. Argentina
Laurence Dworkin
Buenos Aires Producciones
Pampero Cine
Mixing Room: Sonidoabbate
Title Design: Juan Pablo Tredice
Laboratory: Cinecolor