A man chops down trees, organizes the trunks, cleans them, stops to defecate, has lunch, takes a nap and continues to sell his timber.
Direction
Alonso invented a whole genre: watching a man be alone with his chainsaw.
Cinematography
Every frame is a painting of Argentine nothingness. Breathtaking emptiness.
Director
Lisandro Alonso
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Misael Saavedra was an actual lumberjack Alonso found in the Pampas — he improvised most scenes using his real daily routine.
This launched Argentina's 'slow cinema' movement alongside films by Lucrecia Martel, making minimalist rural narratives a global arthouse staple.
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