Argentina’s Diego Lerman Reaches for the Skies in ‘The Man Who Loved UFOs,’ Vies for the Golden Shell at San Sebastian (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comAnna Marie de la Fuente Argentina’s Diego Lerman heads back for at least the third time to the San Sebastian Film Festival with his seventh and most ambitious film, “The Man Who Loved UFOs,” which competes in the festival’s official selection.
Loosely inspired by real events and people, the dramedy is set in the summer of 1986, where José de Zer, an entertainment journalist, is covering the theater season in Buenos Aires.
He’s approached one day by two individuals who invite him to their pueblo with an odd proposal. Intrigued, José and his trusted cameraman, Chango, travel to La Candelaria in Córdoba.
Upon arriving at the scene – a perfectly round burnt patch in the hills – they find little that makes sense. What follows is what is deemed the most memorable depiction of alien presence in Argentine TV history.
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