THE LAST OF ARGANEO
EL ÚLTIMO DE ARGANEO
Director
David Vazquez Vazquez
Country
Spain
Year
2022
Runtime, min
29
Genre
Documentary, Animals, Biography, Ecology, Ethnographic, History, Mountain, Nature, Rural, Social, -
Language
Spanish
Subtitles
English
Logline
Edilberto Rodríguez, studied Forestry in Ponferrada (León, Spain), but since childhood he always wanted to be a pastor like his grandfather. He left everything to return to Pombriego (Benuza, León) and fulfill his dream. Every year he goes up to the corrals of Arganeo, where he rebuilds the old abandoned corrals, and there he is with his flock all summer. Although he is very young, he has the folk wisdom of an older person. It is an open book of the traditions of his land, also recovering the lost Entroido of Pombriego. The love for animals, nature, traditions, dance ... everything he learned from his grandparents in Silván (Benuza, León), made him forge a unique person at his age, listening to him speak, sing and dance is go back in time but with a young look, of joy and hope for a land that ages and disappears little by little ...
Crew:
SCRIPT: David Vázquez, PHOTOGRAPHY: David Vázquez y Humberto Novoa, ART: Cristina Rodríguez, EDITING: David Vazquez, SOUND: David Vazquez, MUSIC: Edilberto Rodríguez
Festival Awards:
Selected: Etnovideográfica 21/22. Awarded: Cencerro del público
MovieScreenPro:
Awards
Official Selections
Director
David Vazquez Vazquez
‘Empantanados’ 2006 (Cortometraje ficción) ‘As almas do Fental’ 2009 (Cortometraje ficción) ‘Asolagados’ 2013 (Largometraje documental) O Moredo “A resistencia do Entroido Ribeirao” 2016 (Cortometraje documental) ‘Narote’ 2019 (Cortometraje documental)
Selected for upcoming festivals on MovieScreenPro:
THE INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL RUSHDOC,
Upcoming screenings: