Ulises Rosell

To the Desert

Julia works as a waitress on the night shift of the Comodoro Rivadavia casino. There, she meets Gwynfor, a customer who offers an interesting work opportunity in the oil industry. And so, what starts out as a morning appointment, résumé in hand, becomes a nightmarish journey in the middle of the arid landscape of Patagonia, a space Ulises Rosell uses with the cinematic power of a western, with the inclemency of the sun and the darkness of night ravaging the protagonists. Inspired by the stories of captive women from the 19th century,

Hotel Descanso

Two buddies' road trip is halted by car trouble in the middle of nowhere; they stumble on a derelict hotel and are inspired to try to restore it, with the help of an odd bunch of locals.

La pasarela

Chlorinda, neighbor to Asunción, in Paraguay, is small and full of shops, stalls and warehouses. The city converges towards the "La Fraternidad" Catwalk, forty meters of wooden bridge, which crosses a nonexistent stream-boundary.

Negocios

In a car parts business, Rulo and Martín survive amid money problems, clients, rats and loneliness. Immediate antecedent of "Mundo Grúa" (1999)

The Ethnographer

With BONANZA (FID 2002), his first film, Ulisses Rosell took us on a journey to meet a tribe of extremely colorful Argentinian poachers. This new dive into exotica takes us to the Wichi Indians in Chaco, Argentina, who have not long been sedentary, with an American ethnologist as our guide. To some degree a repentant ethnologist, John Palmer, rather than finishing his thesis, married a native and had a large family. Rather than observing it from a distance, he chose to become part of this discreet and beleaguered community. He strives to support their cause, getting involved in law suits and confronting companies which pillage land that belongs to the Indians with complete impunity.

Camisea

From the Peruvian Amazon region crossing along the Andes, up to the Pacific Ocean, a monumental gas pipeline is built to transport natural gas for the first time to the city of Lima. All along 750 kilometers, this work is known as the Camisea Project. The documentary records the different stages of the gas pipeline building, the landscape, the people, their dreams and final destiny.

Sofacama

A separated yet self-sufficient craftswoman puts up a friend who is also separating. The hostess has three teenage children, and the arrival of her guest will interfere with their domestic harmony, apart from slowly but surely causing a hormonal surge in one of the boys.

El futuro

A series of documentary portraits filmed throughout the pandemic. Police control, screens, masks, and protective suits were imposed on everyday life, revealing that environment of estrangement that fiction had so often foreshadowed.