‘Puan’ From Maria Alche, Benjamin Naishtat, Reveals Argentina on the Verge of Self-Discovery, Maybe
Ann-Marie Corvin Presenting to the industry for the first time at Ventana Sur’s Proyecta event, “Puán,” a comedy, is a joint creative venture between Argentine directors María Alché, a 2018 San Sebastián Horizontes winner for “A Family Submerged,” and Benjamín Naishtat, who took three top main competition prizes at the same year’s San Sebastian for his third feature, “Rojo.”Through the chaotic world of the University of Buenos Aires’ overpopulated, underfunded philosophy and literature department – affectionately known to all as ‘Puán’ – the duo’s script explores the state of their home nation.The script tells a “coming-of-middle-age” story about a multitasking professor and father who finds himself with little time for abstract thought