Uploaded November 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
PRIMAS is an evocative portrait of two cousins, Rocío and Aldana, Argentinian teenagers who, in the wake of heinous acts of violence that interrupted their childhoods, will free themselves from the shadows of their past.
Traveling in Argentina and Montreal the girls come of age having revelatory experiences in their everyday lives; learning dance, mime, theatre, circus and visual arts.
They express through their bodies what only their imagination, their unique perspective and their unshakable resilience can reveal.
Director's statement:
Fascinated by singularity and difference, I chose film as a way to merge arts, culture, education and mental-health issues. My films aim to consolidate the split between the real and the imaginary, a duality that is an integral part of the human condition – particularly so for the everyday unknown heroes that are the films’ protagonists. Their universes inspire me to tell stories that are beautiful and ugly, despairing and joyful, necessary and uncertain.
With PRIMAS (2017) I complete a trilogy of feature documentary films, (ANTOINE - 2009; ARIEL - 2013) to not only build a zone of common consciousness but also to allow the process of metamorphosis-trough-art to be true; poetry imbues hope in the midst of devastation.
PRIMAS is an evocative portrait of two cousins, Rocío and Aldana, Argentinian teenagers who, in the wake of heinous acts of violence that interrupted their childhoods, will free themselves from the shadows of their past.
Traveling in Argentina and Montreal the girls come of age having revelatory experiences in their everyday lives; learning dance, mime, theatre, circus and visual arts.
They express through their bodies what only their imagination, their unique perspective and their unshakable resilience can reveal.
Director's statement:
Fascinated by singularity and difference, I chose film as a way to merge arts, culture, education and mental-health issues. My films aim to consolidate the split between the real and the imaginary, a duality that is an integral part of the human condition – particularly so for the everyday unknown heroes that are the films’ protagonists. Their universes inspire me to tell stories that are beautiful and ugly, despairing and joyful, necessary and uncertain.
With PRIMAS (2017) I complete a trilogy of feature documentary films, (ANTOINE - 2009; ARIEL - 2013) to not only build a zone of common consciousness but also to allow the process of metamorphosis-trough-art to be true; poetry imbues hope in the midst of devastation.
