Fontova

Following the success of their feature debut Jennifer’s Shadow (2004) – an exercise in American Gothic set in a scary land called Argentina – Pablo Parés and Daniel de la Vega worked for a US company on a post-mega-disaster wasteland zombie film in which South America had been turned into an all-purpose, all-materials junkyard, with the undead as the last humane entities around (forget about the humans here!).　　The project never materialised, but Diego Parés, Pablo’s brother, started to write and draw a comic series based on the screenplay – which so far remains a ruin, as only parts were finished and published. The ECish beauty and balls of Diego P.’s labour of love have now been congenially transformed by the directorial duo into a delightfully old-(1970s)school low-budget production, closer to Romero and Dante than Fulci and Lenzi. And the IFFR audience is in for the treat of treats they get to see the film and can also enjoy the unfinished comic in an exhibition.

本片改编自作家格罗斯曼在苏联时期被禁的同名小说。20世纪40年代，人们深受二战时期著名的斯大林格勒战役影响。在这个时代里，原子弹被造了出来，古拉格集中营里的人们受尽折磨，犹太人区的居民生活窘迫……不管他们的生活变成什么样，不管他们的命运会是如何——他们的爱，永远都比战争和死亡强大。