Ottawa Welsh Film Festival: Patagonia

Showings

ByTowne Cinema Mon, Mar 13, 2023 6:30 PM
Film Info
Release Year:2010
Genre:Adventure
Drama
Production Country:Argentina
United Kingdom
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Marc Evans
Cast:Duffy
Marta Lubos
Matthew Rhys
Nahuel Pérez Biscayart
Nia Roberts

Description

Filmed in the glorious scenery of Patagonia, Southern Argentina, this film premiered at the 2010 Seattle International Film Festival.

A Welsh-Argentine drama based in Y Wladfa, the Welsh speaking community in Patagonia, it was the British entry for Best Foreign Film at the Academy Awards of 2012.

The film tells two parallel stories – one of young Welsh couple Gwen and Rhys (Nia Roberts and Matthew Gravelle) who travel to Patagonia where Rhys is commissioned to photograph the Welsh churches in the area, and meet local guide Mateo (Matthew Rhys). Simultaneously, Cerys (Marta Lubos), an elderly Welsh Argentinean woman, decides to travel to Wales to search for her roots.