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A PRODUCTION COMPANY BY MARIANO E. RODRÍGUEZ

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Summertime I made this short film with the indifference of the sun as the only witness. The beach stretched out, brutal and naked, under the weight of a sky that did not ask permission to burn. The bodies moved like anonymous shadows, consumed by a dance without purpose, while the sea, eternal and absurd, broke against the shore without waiting for an answer. Each frame captured that hostile beauty, the contrast between the blinding light and the traces that the water erased without remorse. Everything I filmed seemed alien to me, even my own presence, as if summer were a god that laughed at our small passions. Reel I filmed these images in the city that, under the weight of winter, becomes silent. The shadows, sharp and long, move across the empty streets like a soft threat. People move with the precision of a clock, each step an echo of the others, their faces hidden beneath coats and scarves. The city doesn't breathe, but it keeps functioning, like a machine that, though not in a hurry, never stops its march. In the cold, there is a certain calm, as if everything were in its place, waiting for time to pass without urgency. La conséquence de l'amour  To understand composition in cinema is to immerse oneself in the invisible architecture that holds the meaning of the image. It is to grasp that each shot is not merely a cut in time, but a crack where the anguish and silences of the soul are reflected. Composition is the geometry of thought, the way light and shadow converse without uttering a word. This short film was made with the purpose of teaching this discipline to those who dare to look beyond the frame. In it, the tension of the image unfolds in every corner, where the visible and the hidden embrace in an endless dialogue. The cameras were operated by Enrique Berduc, Cristian Albarenga, and Marina Lisasuain. With a special appearance by Irene Weinzettel. The direction was led by Mariano E. Rodríguez. The editing was done collaboratively.
L'Eternel Retour was a short film born of isolation and introspection, a testimony of my inner struggle to understand what lived in me. Through the camera, I tried to understand what tormented me, what I wanted to leave behind. I do not know if the woman who appears in the images is real or a projection of a chaotic present, if not more promiscuous, one that I could not decide to leave behind. This figure, like many others, faded as I became distant from my past. Each frame was an attempt to reconcile me with that part of me that clung on without a chance. Exiled in my home, where time had decided to ignore me, this short film and all that came after, made me reborn. Written, directed and filmed with a single camera, L'Eternel Retour developed in the confinement of my space, creating a narrative that only I had control. After that project I left audiovisual production, like someone who leaves behind a wound that he doesn't know how to close. I felt that my relationship with the photography was over, I could no longer capture anything but emptiness. The necessity to find a superior meaning forced me to ask questions in places without answers. And in my confusion, I discovered that the camera was no longer enough, was not sensitive enough to capture the world. Then, the truth became a shadow, and the world of the image ceased to be my refuge. I needed something more, and I knew that the perspective of any camera would never be able to preserve. 
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