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Juan Solanas is a Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Still Photographer and Cinematography Argentin born on 4 november 1966 at Buenos Aires (Argentine)

Juan Solanas

Juan Solanas
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Nationality Argentine
Birth 4 november 1966 (57 years) at Buenos Aires (Argentine)

Juan Solanas (born 4 November 1966) is an Argentine film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer. His film Nordeste was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. In 2012 he has directed the French-Canadian production Upside down, starring Jim Sturgess and Kirsten Dunst. He is the son of Argentina film director Fernando Solanas.

Biography

En 1977, la famille Solanas s'exile en France à cause des événements politiques qui se déroulent en Argentine. Juan étudie l'histoire de l'art à Paris. Il devient photographe et commence à travailler sur les plateaux comme assistant du chef opérateur de Félix Monti, argentin lui aussi. Puis il travaille comme directeur de la photographie sur les films de son père Fernando Solanas, qui reçoit le Prix de la mise en scène au Festival de Cannes, cette année-là.

En 2001, Juan Solanas écrit et réalise son premier court métrage, L'Homme sans tête avec Christophe Botti, Stéphane Botti, Alain Hocine, Ambre Boukebza et Salah Teskouk. En 2003, le film est sélectionné au festival de Cannes et Juan Solanas reçoit des mains d'Emir Kusturica le prix du jury, décerné à l'unanimité. En 2004, L'Homme sans tête reçoit le prix du meilleur court métrage aux César du cinéma, le prix spécial du jury à Imagina et une quarantaine d’autres prix dans le monde, dont le prix du meilleur acteur au festival de Belo Horizonte.

En 2005, son film Nordeste, écrit avec Eduardo Berti, et interprété par Carole Bouquet, Aymara Rovera et Mercedes Sampietro, est retenu dans la sélection officielle Un certain regard, concourant pour la Caméra d'or au Festival de Cannes. Nordeste reçoit ensuite le prix du meilleur film et de la meilleure actrice au Stockholm Film Festival 2005, le prix Roque Dalton au festival de La Havane 2005 et Meilleure photographie au prix Clarin en Argentine 2006.

En 2012, il sort son deuxième long métrage, Upside down, film romantique de science-fiction avec Kirsten Dunst et Jim Sturgess.

Best films

Upside Down (2012)
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Filmography of Juan Solanas (5 films)

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Director

Upside Down, 1h40
Directed by Juan Solanas
Origin France
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Space adventure films, Monde imaginaire, Sur une planète fictive, Political films, Dystopian films
Actors Jim Sturgess, Kirsten Dunst, Timothy Spall, Jayne Heitmeyer, Blu Mankuma, Vlasta Vrána
Rating62% 3.1495953.1495953.1495953.1495953.149595
The film starts with Adam telling the story of his two-planet home world, unique from other planets or planetary systems as it is the only one that has "dual gravity". This phenomenon of dual gravity allows the two planets to orbit each other in what would otherwise be impossibly close proximity. There are three immutable laws of gravity for this two-planet system:

Scriptwriter

Upside Down, 1h40
Directed by Juan Solanas
Origin France
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Space adventure films, Monde imaginaire, Sur une planète fictive, Political films, Dystopian films
Actors Jim Sturgess, Kirsten Dunst, Timothy Spall, Jayne Heitmeyer, Blu Mankuma, Vlasta Vrána
Rating62% 3.1495953.1495953.1495953.1495953.149595
The film starts with Adam telling the story of his two-planet home world, unique from other planets or planetary systems as it is the only one that has "dual gravity". This phenomenon of dual gravity allows the two planets to orbit each other in what would otherwise be impossibly close proximity. There are three immutable laws of gravity for this two-planet system:

Producer

La León
La León (2007)
, 1h20
Directed by Santiago Otheguy
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Roles Producer
Rating63% 3.150643.150643.150643.150643.15064
On an island in the Paraná Delta of Argentina, Álvaro (Román) works as a fisherman and a reed cutter. His homosexuality and love of books make him an outsider in the small village. The brutish El Turu (Valenzuela) captains La León, the town ferry. He views Álvaro as a threat, bullying him almost constantly. However, as the film progresses, El Turu's hidden attraction to Álvaro becomes obvious.

Cameraman

The South
The South (1988)
, 2h7
Directed by Fernando Solanas, Gaspar Noé
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Politique, Films about Latin American military dictatorships
Actors Susú Pecoraro, Miguel Ángel Solá, Philippe Léotard, Ulises Dumont, Fito Páez, Gabriela Rosana Toscano
Roles Still Photographer
Rating72% 3.6325453.6325453.6325453.6325453.632545
Floreal is released from prison prior to the end of a military coup d'état in 1983. He discovers his wife has cheated on him and is not sure he wants to return to his former life and family. A friend, "El-Negro", who was killed during the military coup, appears in the night with a special mission: to help Floreal face what has happened when he was serving time in prison. El-Negro helps him to live through the important events that happened in his absence. El-Negro helps him get past his anger, understanding how hard it was to endure such a difficult time and how the military coup had crushed people's lives. When El-Negro finally tells him he must return, Floreal realizes he must be strong and, like his coup-stricken country, pick up and go on with his life.

Team

The Cloud
The Cloud (1998)
, 1h58
Directed by Fernando Solanas
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Bernard Le Coq, Christophe Malavoy
Roles Cinematography
Rating64% 3.2362253.2362253.2362253.2362253.236225