The Third Side of the River

Seventeen-year-old Nicolas lives with his mother and younger siblings in a small provincial city. His estranged father, Jorge, a respected doctor, has decided that Nicolas will be his successor in both his medical practice and agricultural business. Nicolas is pressured by the steps his father takes to prepare him for this responsibility, leaving no room for the teenager's feelings. Nicolas obeys his father, but he hates him. He has seen his mother suffer because of Jorge's double life. The first one with his official family, and the other one with Nicolas's family, which is not acknowledged publicly. As tensions between father and son mount, Nicolas realizes that he must make a choice and take action towards his future.
Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.
Script: Celina Murga, Gabriel Medina
Cinematography: Diego Poleri
Editing: Eliane Katz
Sound: Federico Billordo, Andreas Ruft
Actors: Alian Devetac (Nicolas), Daniel Veronese (Jorge), Gaby Ferrero (Nilda), Irina Wetzel (Andrea), Tomas Omacini (Esteban), Dylan Agostini Vandenbosch (Lautaro)
Production: Tresmilmundos Cine, Argentina juanmaville@gmail.com & Rommel Film, Germany p.rommel@t-online.de & Waterland Film, The Netherlands mail@waterlandfilm. nl
Producers: Juan Villegas, Celina Murga, Peter Rommel, Jan Van Der Zanden
Costumes: Paola Delgado
Production Design: Sebastian Roses
Format: DCP Color
Production Country: Argentina-Germany-The Netherlands
Production Year: 2014
Duration: 92
Contact: The Match Factory, Germany T. +49 30 443 190 520 F. +49 30 443 190 530 info@matchfactory.de www.the-match-factory.com
Executive producer: Martin Scorsese
 

Celina Murga

She was born in Parana, Argentina in 1973. In 1991 she went to Buenos Aires, where she studied photography and then film direction at the Universidad del Cine. From 1996 to 2004 she wrote and directed several short films. In 2003 she directed her first feature film, Ana and the Others, which was acclaimed in Argentina and the rest of the world. The film screened at the International Competition Section of the Thessaloniki IFF. In 2009 she was selected by Martin Scorsese for the Rolex Mentor and Protege Arts Initiative. She has served as jury member in major film festivals around the world. Since 2004 she has been teaching film direction at the Centro de Investigacion Cinematografica in Buenos Aires.

Filmography

1996 Interior-noche (short)
1998 Luci (short)
2002 Una tarde feliz (short)
2003 Ana y los otros/Ana and the Others
2008 Una semana solos/A Week Alone
2012 Escuela normal/Normal School (doc)
2014 La tercera orilla/The Third Side of the River