Some people say that 2000 years ago the Romans kicked the Jews out of Israel. Persecutions, diasporas, and a return to the promised land. In that complex web, Argentina emerged later, accomodating thousands of life stories. And so, now it’s 1999 and a kid yells: “Party on!”. He sets out on his first trip to Israel, and it’s all about partying. However, the passage of time provides weight and an orientation: Us, Them, and Me emerges like a puzzle. It comes and goes up to the heart of a millenary culture, and sheds light on a geopolitical conflict casts a shadow on the region since forever. Guarded cities, exploding bombs, massive praying, rough fates, blood-spilled lands, and a Gaza Strip where the sun still shines inspite of everything. Almost unintentionally, Nicolas Avruj’s camera becomes a witness of confrontations and risings: the pain of otherness, the opression of a lurking state of war, and living in fear. And having that fear incarnating into everyday life. HP
D, F: Nicolás Avruj
G: Nicolás Avruj, Alejandro Dujovne, Andrea Kleinman
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S: Leandro De Loredo
M: Simja Dujov
P: Diego Lerman, Nicolás Avruj
PE: Diego Lerman
CP: Campo Cine
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Campo Cine. Nicolás Avruj
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He was born in Buenos Aires in 1975. He worked as a producer in films like The Invisible Eye (2010), Soi Cumbio (Bafici ‘11) and Refugiado (2014). He directed the short film Al dedos frente (1998). Us, Them, and Me is the first feature-length film he directs.
