Trailer for El Pampero Cine’s premiere of Pin de Fartie at Venice and NYFF Turns Samuel Beckett on His Head

      The fall festival season often overshadows some of its more refined offerings. Despite the intense focus on a studio’s mediocre and formulaic awards contender, the same festival may showcase a wonderfully experimental feature that, while truly innovating within narrative structure, garners only a fraction of the attention—roughly 1/20th. Few films this year deliver as much pure enjoyment as Alejo Moguillansky’s Pin de Fartie, which sees the esteemed Argentine group El Pampero Cine (notable for La Flor and Trenque Lauquen) reinterpreting Samuel Beckett’s Endgame (titled Fin de partie in Spanish) through a distinctive and imaginative structure. With its premiere set for Venice tomorrow and upcoming screenings at the NYFF, an English-subtitled trailer is now available.

      According to NYFF’s synopsis: “Produced by El Pampero Cine, the Argentine collective celebrated for its limitless creativity in cinematic storytelling (notably La Flor, NYFF57 and Trenque Lauquen, NYFF60), Pin de Fartie serves as a whimsical take on theatrical adaptation and an exploration of character dynamics. The film investigates three relationships inspired by Samuel Beckett’s 1957 play Fin de Partie (Endgame): one between a blind man and his daughter; another involving two actors rehearsing that same work; and the last concerning a man who reads the play to his blind mother, revealing its parallels to their own lives. Director Alejo Moguillansky preserves much of Fin de Partie’s choreography and structure, while cleverly loosening it through comedic repetition and musical elements. Continuous surprises and revelations (including a brilliantly executed tennis match and an inside joke referencing a Martín Rejtman film) make for a delightful experience, affirming Pampero regular Laura Paredes as one of the finest actors of our time.”

      You can find the preview and poster below: