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Auster (2014)

Original title: Auster

Feature film | Drama Duration 30:00

Plot summary

Two lonely young people are travelling together in the bleak Patagonian desert, searching for themselves and one another.

Two lonely young people – an ultra-religious exorcist Agustina and a shy sailor Lucas meet in Río Gallegos, Patagonia. Agustina is the first woman in the south to talk to Lucas… Clumsily, he tries to seduce her. She resists. Lucas is insulted and runs towards the immense Patagonian desert. Agustina follows him…
‘Auster’ comes from the Latin, and means the south wind. In the Argentinian context it’s the coldest, harshest wind, which constantly blasts across the desolate plains of Patagonia. This bleak, merciless climate also shapes and moulds the local people. Can these two - Agustina and Lucas - find a shelter for their storms?

Keywords: clashing beliefs | car ride | self-discoveries | hitchhikers on the road | drinking | god | narrating | seagulls | chicken | dogs | conflicts | desert | village | village settlement | village road | sheep | natural landscapes | landscape views | sleeping | recollecting | man-woman relationship | sea | memories | young man | young woman | unexpected behaviour | waiting | praying | stressful situation | penguins | quack remedy | sun | devil | taking offence | smoking | chasing | ignorance | journey | adapting to each other | fire | wind | feeling of emptiness | poverty | being silent | old man | seduction | blessing | View all »

Partners and Sponsors

  • Kultuuriministeerium
  • EFI
  • Eesti Kultuurkapital
  • ERR
  • Rahvusarhiiv
  • BFM
  • Kinoliit
  • Eesti Filmiajakirjanike ühing
  • Tallinnfilm