Hugo Santiago

Hugo Santiago was born Hugo Santiago Muchnick in 1939 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has lived in France since 1959. He studied Literature, Philosophy and Music. From 1959 to 1966 he was assistant director to Robert Bresson. In 1969 he made his first feature film "Invasión" in his native Argentina based on an idea by celebrated writers Adolfo Bioy Casares and Jorge Luis Borges, who also co-wrote the script. Adolfo Bioy Casares described the film in May 1969 as follows:

"Invasión" modernises the theme of The Iliad: it does not praise the shrewdness and effectiveness of the conqueror, but rather the courage of a handful of warriors ready to defend their Troy-which is far too much like Buenos Aires-where there is always a group of friends and a tango inviting you to fight for just and noble causes. Homer will forgive me: the heart is always on the side of those who resist. I believe Hugo Santiago has created an extraordinary film".

This classic of Argentinian cinema was followed by another collaboration with the famed writers "Les Aultres" in 1974. In 1979 he made "Écoute voir..." with Catherine Deneuve cast as a female detective investigating a gang looking to control people using radio waves. He returned to Argentina with "Les Trottoirs de Saturne" a reflection on his own exile in 1986. Prior to his latest feature film, the stylish detective thriller e directed theatrical adaptions Prior to his latest feature film, a stylish detective thriller "Le Loup de la côte Ouest" (2002) he directed theatrical adaptations for the screen of Sophocles ("Électre"), Bertolt Brecht ("La Vie de Galilée") and the Opera by Iannis Xenakis ("La Geste gibelline").

Prior to directing in 1961 he was a choreographer and metteur en scene for "Histoire du Soldat" at the Stravinsky Festival. He has supported the work of other filmmakers over the years, including producing "Sérail / Surreal Estate" by Eduardo de Gregorio (1976) and narrating Raul Ruiz's "Les Trois couronnes du matelot" (1983).

Filmography

* "Invasión / Invasion" (Argentina, 1969)
* "Les Aultres / The Others" (France, 1974)
* "Écoute voir... / See Here My Love" (France, 1974)
* "Les Trottoirs de Saturne / The Pavements of Saturn" (France/Argentina, 1986)
* "Électre" (France, 1987) TV
* "La Geste gibelline" (France/Argentina, 1988)
* "La Vie de Galilée" (France, 1992) TV
* "Le Loup de la côte Ouest / The Wolf of the West Coast" (France / Portugal / Argentina, 2002)

Short Films:
* Los Contrabandistas (Buenos Aires, 1967)
* Los Taitas (Buenos Aires, 1968)

References

* [http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/suplementos/radar/9-757-2003-05-25.html]

External links

*Invasion [http://www.objectif-cinema.com/invasion/] [In French]
*Crítica de [http://www.trendesombras.com/num0/critica_elogio.asp Elogio del amor] en [http://www.trendesombras.com www.trendesombras.com]
*Reseña de [http://www.trendesombras.com/num3/esp_zinemaldia2004.asp#musica Nuestra Música] en [http://www.trendesombras.com www.trendesombras.com]
*"Histoire(s) du cinéma," [http://cri-image.univ-paris1.fr/celine/celine.html una "partitura" de Céline Scemama] : [http://cri-image.univ-paris1.fr/celine/celinegodard.html 1a Toutes les histoires] , [http://cri-image.univ-paris1.fr/celine/1b.html 1b Une histoire seule] , [http://cri-image.univ-paris1.fr/celine/2a.html 2a Seul le cinéma] , [http://cri-image.univ-paris1.fr/celine/2b.html 2b Fatale beauté] , [http://cri-image.univ-paris1.fr/celine/3a.html 3a La monnaie de l'absolu] , [http://cri-image.univ-paris1.fr/celine/3b.html 3b Une vague nouvelle] , [http://cri-image.univ-paris1.fr/celine/4a.html 4a Le contrôle de l'univers] , [http://cri-image.univ-paris1.fr/celine/4b.html 4b Les signes parmi nous]
* [http://www.cfnavarra.es/puntodevista/pdv_web/secciones/avance07/07_ficha_docsFormaPiensa_esp.asp?film=74&i=1&s=31 Histoire(se) du Cinéma en el Festival Punto de Vista]