The dark comedy will then receive its North American premier at the 61st New York Film Festival (NYFF) Main Slate, on September 30. Bayona’s Spanish Oscar submission and San Sebastian entry
The Delinquents as a recently separated yoga instructor with a knee injury who must deal with the search for a new home, a meddling mother, and a flirtatious student.Visit said the film blends comedy, drama with a sense of “floating through space” as the characters deal with changes both significant and insignificant. The Practice also stars Camila Hirane (Fugitives
).
From Un Puma, Quijote Films, Rosa Filmes, Pandora Film Produktion, and Africa in association with Arte/ZDF, The Practice was produced by Joaquim Sapinho, Victoria Marotta, Christoph Friedel, Florencia Larrea, Marta Alves, Jeronimo Quevedo, Giancarlo Nasi, Claudia Steffen, Fernando Bascunan and Rejtman served as producers.The feature marks the first in nearly a decade for Rejtman, a leading figure in the New Argentine Cinema movement whose films include Rapado
(1992), Silvia Prieto (1999), The Magic Gloves (2003), documentary
Copacabana (2006), and his most recent feature, the 2014 Locarno Competition selection Two Shots Fired
. He also directed the short film Shakti which screened at San Sebastian in 2019.Rejtman’s oeuvre has been the subject of retrospectives at BAFICI, Pacific Film Archive, Festival de Valdivia, Harvard Film Archive, Jeonju International Film Festival, Lincoln Center, Tabakalera, Cinemateca Portuguesa, and MUBI.Rejtman said, “I am thrilled to be working with Visit Films to bring ThePractice to audiences worldwide. I began studying film in New York during the 1980s and have been doing yoga since the mid-1990s. ThePractice is the result of the combination of both journeys.”Visit’s Kampe added, “We have long admired Martin Rejtman’s work and unique voice. This film is so relatable and accessible, that audiences from around the world will find themselves in it. We hope that The practice
will be the film that propels Rejtman into the next phase of commercial success.”
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