''Shakti'' is a 2019

Argentine Argentines, Argentinians or Argentineans are people from Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their ...

- Chilean short film written and directed by

Martín Rejtman Martín Rejtman (born January 3, 1961, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine writer and film director. He is considered to be a key figure in the New Argentine Cinema, making films such as '' Silvia Prieto'' and '' The Magic Gloves''. His documentary ...

. The film premiered at the

69th Berlin International Film Festival The 69th annual Berlin International Film Festival took place from 7 to 17 February 2019. French actress Juliette Binoche served as the Jury President. Lone Scherfig's drama film '' The Kindness of Strangers'' opened the festival. The Golden ...

on 9 February 2019, where it was nominated for best short film. It was Rejtman's first short film project in over thirty years.

Plot summary

Fede, is in his mid-twenties and lives alone in a

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...

apartment. He splits up with his girlfriend, Magda on the say that his grandmother dies. He then meets a new love interest, Shakti and invites her to dinner. Rejtman explained that the film is about "a Jewish young man, the death of his grandmother, depression, Hare Krishnas, Pesach (

Passover Passover, also called Pesach (; ), is a major Jewish holidays, Jewish holiday and one of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals. It celebrates the Exodus of the Israelites from slavery in Biblical Egypt, Egypt. According to the Book of Exodus, God in ...

), and potato knishes."Shakti
Berlinale Film Festival. Retrieved on 1 November 2019

Cast

*Ignacio Solmonese as Fede *Laura Visconti as Shakti *Susana Pampín as Fede's psychologist *Valentina Posleman as Magda *Pablo Moseinco as Padre Fede *Emma Luisa Rivero as Delia *Patricio Penna as Ulises *Miel Bargman as female client at psychologist's practice *Alejandra Flechner as Beatriz

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shakti 2010s Spanish-language films 2019 films Argentine short films Films shot in Argentina Films about Jews and Judaism Films directed by Martín Rejtman Chilean short films 2019 short films