Argentinian Lesson

9 10
2013
58min

Spanish Polish

English Catalan

Country: Poland

Original Title: Argentynska lekcja

8-years-old Janek has just moved from Poland to the Argentine countryside with his family. Here he meets Marcia, his intrepid adventure partner in this beautiful coming-of-age story shot on film.

Spanish Polish
English Catalan
Country: Poland
Original Title: Argentynska lekcja

AWARDS: Golden Horn. Cracow IDFF/ Silver Dove Award. DOK Leipzig/ Best Director. Festival dei Popoli/ Special Mention. Plus camerimage/ Grand Prix. Guangzhou International DFF/ Chicago 24. Polish Film Festival in America. Grand Prix/ Best Film. Detour. International Travel Film Festival/ Grand Prix. Minsk International Film Festival Listapad/ Winner. Docudays UA International Human Rights DFF/ Best Film. Batumi International Art-House Film Festival/ Special Mention. MiradasDoc/ Best Film. dokumentART IFF/ Spotlight Award. Cinema Eye Honors/ Finalist prize. New York Festival

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS: MoMA's Documentary Fortnight/ Era New Horizons International Film Festival/ True/False Film Festival/ Best Film. Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal/ Rooftop Films/ One World International Human Rights DFF/ Docudays UA International Human Rights DFF/ Norwegian Documentary Festival/ Munich IDFF/ Grand Prix. Let's See Film Festival/ DOKUFEST/ Flahertiana International Documentary Film Festival/ Cottbus Film Festival/ Pravo Ljudski Film Festival Sarajevo/ DocPoint/ DocsDF/ Mar del Plata International Film Festival/ Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival/ BELDOCS International Documentary Film Festival/ Make Dox Creative Documentary FF/ Moscow IFF/ Silverdocs Festival/ Baltic Sea Forum For Documentaries/ Golden Boll International Film Festival/ Golden Boll International Film Festival/ "Cinema Verite" Iran International Documentary FilmFestival/ EDOC/ Ambulante Documentary Film Festival Mexico

Argentinian Lesson. A coming-of-age story in the Argentinian countryside

With lush and intimate photography, Wojciech Staron documents his family’s move from Poland to Argentina.

Struggling to adapt in a foreign country, his 8-year-old son Janek finds a friend in Marcia, a grounded 11-year-old Argentinean of Polish descent.

With a strength and determination well beyond her years, Marcia must help make ends meet while holding her family together. A coming-of-age story uniquely cross-cultural and universal, Janek and Marcia go on adventures throughout the Argentinian countryside together finding work and exploring the beauty of nature around them.