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Los tonos mayores

The Major Tones | Tonspuren
Generation Kplus 2024
© Gong Cine / 36 Caballos
Fourteen-year-old Ana lives in Buenos Aires with her dad Javier, an artist and teacher. Following an accident, she has a metal plate in her arm. During the winter holidays, Ana suddenly starts to feel mysterious pulses in the plate. Without mentioning anything about it to Javier, she works with her friend Lepa to compose a melody, “The Heartbeat Song”, inspired by the rhythmic signals. One night, an argument with Lepa leads Ana to wander the city alone. A chance encounter with a young soldier reveals the true nature of the pulses: they are words in Morse code. After realising that her arm is an antenna to an unknown mystery, Ana becomes determined to decode the words. As she delves into the labyrinth of secret messages, she distances herself from her friend and her dad. The previously harmonious winter holiday is transformed by Ana’s obsession as she wonders if the coded words are addressed specifically to her. A fantastic tale about music, secret messages and winter days.
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by Ingrid Pokropek
with Sofía Clausen, Pablo Seijo, Lina Ziccarello, Mercedes Halfon, Santiago Ferreira, Walter Jakob Argentina / Spain 2023 Spanish 101’ Colour International premiere | Debut film recommendation: 10 years and up

With

  • Sofía Clausen (Ana)
  • Pablo Seijo (Javier)
  • Lina Ziccarello (Lepa)
  • Mercedes Halfon (Mariana)
  • Santiago Ferreira (Pablo)
  • Walter Jakob (Alfonso)

Crew

Director Ingrid Pokropek
Screenplay Ingrid Pokropek
Cinematography Ana Roy
Editing Miguel de Zuviría
Music Gabriel Chwojnik
Sound Design Javier Fernández Jensen, Gabriel Real
Sound Javier Fernández Jensen, Gabriel Real
Production Design Santino Mondini
Costumes Sofía Davies
Make-Up Sofía Davies
Casting Camila Peralta, Emilia Herbst
Producers Iván Moscovich, Juan Segundo Alamos, Ingrid Pokropek, Magdalena Schavelzon, Pablo Piedras, Miguel Molina, Adán Aliaga
Executive Producers Juan Segundo Álamos, Iván Moscovich

World sales

Bendita Film Sales

Produced by

Gong Cine

https://seriegongcine.com/gong-cine-argentina/ https://seriegongcine.com/gong-cine-argentina/

36 Caballos

Jaibo Films

Photos

Ingrid Pokropek

© Nicolás Schujman

The director, screenwriter, producer and teacher was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1994. She has made several short films including Electric Boy and Shendy Wu: A Diary. She has produced the films Trenque Lauquen (2022, directed by Laura Citrella), Clementina (2022, directed by Agustín Mendilaharzu and Constanza Feldman) and La Edad Media (2022, directed by Luciana Acuña and Alejo Moguillansky). Los tonos mayores is her debut feature film as a director.

Filmography

2014 Recalculando (Recalculating) 2017 Es un ficción de arena (It’s Sand Fiction) · Si fuera una serpiente (If It Was a Snake) 2019 Shendy Wu: un diario (Shendy Wu: A Diary) 2021 Chico Eléctrico (Electric Boy) 2023 Los tonos mayores (The Major Tones)

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2024