Benjamin Naishtat : 2014
History of Fear
A hot summer in a city besieged by constant power blackouts. On its outskirts, a private district with an enormous park. A police helicopter circles over this gated community. Something must have happened. An abandoned piece of land and an uncontrollable wave of smoke unleash uncertainty and chaos. When Argentina was rocked by a severe economic crisis several years ago, politicians exploited people's fears in order to foster a general feeling of insecurity. The very first shot conveys the paranoia which shrouds this film about the fears of an increasingly detached social class. Even a hole in the fence represents a life-threatening event. The other side of their self-made barrier marks the beginning of a social netherworld where they are convinced dubious and unpredictable creatures with designs on their wealth are lurking. The camera takes a step back to capture but also to question in grotesque and absurd tableaux this diffuse anxiety and almost primeval fear. Benjamin Naishtat's directorial debut, a portrait of a constantly fragmenting society, premiered in competition at Berlin International Film Festival 2014.
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