Gaucho Gaucho
{{Short description|2024 Documentary film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Gaucho Gaucho
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| director = {{plainlist|
- Michael Dweck
- Gregory Kershaw
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| writer =
| producer = {{plainlist|
- Michael Dweck
- Gregory Kershaw
- Cameron O’Reilly
- Christos V. Konstantakopoulos
- Matthew Perniciaro
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| starring =
| cinematography = {{plainlist|
- Michael Dweck
- Gregory Kershaw
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| editing = Gabriel Rhodes
| music =
| studio = Beautiful Stories Productions
Artemis Rising Foundation
Foothill Productions
Grazka Taylor Productions
Impact Partners
| distributor = Jolt.Film
| released =
| runtime = 84 minutes
| country = United States
Argentina
| language = Spanish
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| gross =
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Gaucho Gaucho is a 2024 is a black-and-white documentary film directed by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw.{{Cite news |last=Nicholson |first=Rebecca |date=2025-02-18 |title=Gaucho Gaucho: Argentina's Last Ranchers review – an astonishing tribute to a dying way of life |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/feb/18/gaucho-gaucho-argentinas-last-ranchers-review-bbc-storyville |access-date=2025-03-01 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} The film, set in the lack of water-threatened northwestern cattle country of Argentina, captures the lives of gauchos. It premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where it won a Special Jury Prize for Sound.{{Cite web |last=Keslassy |first=Elsa |date=2024-04-10 |title=Sundance Prizewinner 'Gaucho Gaucho' Lands at Charades for International Sales; Clip Unveiled (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/global/sundance-prizewinner-gaucho-gaucho-charades-clip-1235966392/ |access-date=2024-06-30 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Anne |date=2024-03-19 |title=Who Will Pick Up Glorious Sundance Documentary Prize-Winner 'Gaucho Gaucho'? |url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/why-is-sundance-hit-gaucho-gaucho-still-seeking-buyer-1234965344/ |access-date=2024-06-30 |website=IndieWire |language=en-US}}
The documentary received an outdoor screening in August 2024 on the Piazza Grande of the 77th Locarno Film Festival and won the first Letterboxd Piazza Grande Award.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-17 |title=Reinas by Klaudia Reynicke Awarded the Prix du Public UBS, While Gaucho Gaucho Takes Home the First Letterboxd Piazza Grande Award |url=https://www.locarnofestival.ch/news/2024/08/prix-du-public-ubs-and-letterboxd-piazza-grande-award.html |access-date=2024-08-22 |website=Locarno Film Festival |language=en}}
Plot
The documentary follows several characters, including Guada, a teenage girl aspiring to join the male-dominated gaucho culture. Her journey serves as a narrative thread, showcasing her challenges and growth in the rodeo circuit.
Cast
- Guada (a teenage girl)
- Santino (a local musician and radio host)
- Solano
- Lelo
Production
Following their film The Truffle Hunters, Michael and Gregory turned their attention to the gauchos in the remote regions of Argentina.{{Cite web |last=Rooney |first=David |date=2024-01-20 |title='Gaucho Gaucho' Review: A Stirring Cowboy Community Portrait of Uncommon Visual Beauty |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/gaucho-gaucho-review-1235792394/ |access-date=2024-06-30 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Gorber |first=Jason |date=2024-02-01 |title=From Hunting Truffles to Herding Gauchos, Dweck and Kershaw Get the Lay of the Land |url=https://povmagazine.com/from-hunting-truffles-to-herding-gauchos-dweck-and-kershaw-get-the-lay-of-the-land/ |access-date=2024-06-30 |website=POV Magazine |language=en-US}} It took over two years for Dweck and Kershaw to learn about the lives of these cowboys and cowgirls.
Release
Gaucho Gaucho premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.{{Cite web |last=Lodge |first=Guy |date=2024-02-01 |title='Gaucho Gaucho' Review: An Argentine Cowgirl Becomes One of the Boys in a Highly Cinematic Documentary |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/gaucho-gaucho-review-1235891996/ |access-date=2024-06-30 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}
Reception
Gaucho Gaucho received critical acclaim at its Sundance premiere, where it won a Jury Prize for sound. Variety’s Guy Lodge described it as a “perfectly framed,” “loving, visually resplendent documentary” that "gives the Argentine cowboy community ample space to bond and merge". Senior US Critic, Tim Grierson from Screen Daily said Gaucho Gaucho is "An affecting tone poem that ruminates on the passage of time and the passing of traditions".{{Cite web |last1=Grierson |first1=Tim |last2=Critic2024-01-20T01:00:00+00:00 |first2=Senior US |title='Gaucho Gaucho': Sundance Review |url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/gaucho-gaucho-sundance-review/5189503.article |access-date=2024-06-30 |website=Screen |language=en}}
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