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Marie Louise Alemann

Born July 11, 1927 · Höxter, Germany

Died February 26, 2015 · aged 87

Marie Louise Alemann (1927–2015) was born in Germany and moved to Argentina in 1949. She worked as a photographer, journalist, and visual artist, and was one of the pioneers of Argentine experimental cinema. In 1967, she co-founded the Argentine Experimental Cinema Group (Grupo Cine Experimental Argentino) at the Goethe-Institut Buenos Aires, which became a vital space for the exhibition, discussi…

Known For

The Bridge

The Bridge · 1972

Crossing an old bridge in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Barracas, the filmmakers come face to face. They walk towards each other, crossing paths until all that remains is the metal structure of the bridge.

Narcisa

Narcisa · 2014

MovieDocumentary

This documentary is an approach to the experience of seeing and listening to the trajectory of Narcisa Hirsch, a pioneer of Argentine experimental cinema, but who has also been part of the happenings and performances of the 1960s and 1970s.

Clime

A portrait of experimental filmmaker Marie Louise Alemann in two alternating characters

Scream

"I am the man who walks down the street. At first there is no one. The protagonist smokes, goes to a bar, takes a bus, walks down the street, wanders around and little by little more people appear. And then more and more people, until he ends up on Florida Street, merging into the crowd."

Cielo azul, cielo negro

Cielo azul, cielo negro · 2005

Cielo azul, cielo negro

The stories of four solitary characters form a single plot in which the rules of the game are determined by chance. Everyone is finishing something; everyone, unknowingly, is about to start over.

Self-Defense

Self-Defense · 1980

Wearing a swimming cap and one-piece, with a bright white face, an alien-like woman circles the camera, snarling and contorting her jaw, using a rainstick as a shield.

Autobiográfico 2

Autobiográfico 2 · 1974

Autobiográfico 2

In a forest, a woman is bound by rope and string to the trees. Gradually, she begins to remove the bindings.

Butoh

Filmography

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The Bridge

The Bridge · 1972

Crossing an old bridge in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Barracas, the filmmakers come face to face. They walk towards each other, crossing paths until all that remains is the metal structure of the bridge.

Camera Operator

Narcisa

Narcisa · 2014

MovieDocumentary

This documentary is an approach to the experience of seeing and listening to the trajectory of Narcisa Hirsch, a pioneer of Argentine experimental cinema, but who has also been part of the happenings and performances of the 1960s and 1970s.

Clime

A portrait of experimental filmmaker Marie Louise Alemann in two alternating characters

Scream

"I am the man who walks down the street. At first there is no one. The protagonist smokes, goes to a bar, takes a bus, walks down the street, wanders around and little by little more people appear. And then more and more people, until he ends up on Florida Street, merging into the crowd."

Camera Operator

Cielo azul, cielo negro

Cielo azul, cielo negro · 2005

Cielo azul, cielo negro

The stories of four solitary characters form a single plot in which the rules of the game are determined by chance. Everyone is finishing something; everyone, unknowingly, is about to start over.

Self-Defense

Self-Defense · 1980

Wearing a swimming cap and one-piece, with a bright white face, an alien-like woman circles the camera, snarling and contorting her jaw, using a rainstick as a shield.

Director

Autobiográfico 2

Autobiográfico 2 · 1974

Autobiográfico 2

In a forest, a woman is bound by rope and string to the trees. Gradually, she begins to remove the bindings.

Director

Butoh

Surely Bach Closed the Door When He Wanted to Work

Surely Bach Closed the Door When He Wanted to Work · 1979

Surely Bach Closed the Door When He Wanted to Work

MovieDocumentary

Portrait of women where they look at the images of their own faces and reflect on that experience.

Ella misma

Thresholds

Thresholds · 1980

Marie Louise Alemann, who died in February 2015, was an experimental filmmaker based in Buenos Aires. She worked on Super8 and developed a bold yet enigmatic style, frequently performing in her own films, and emphasising physical sensations and the primacy of the body. In the words of curator Federico Windhausen, her Umbrales ‘deserves to be seen as a major work of Latin American queer cinema’.

Director

Vanessa

Vanessa · 1974

In documentary fashion, drag queens are shown preparing for a performance, of which clips are also shown.

Director

El retorno

El retorno · 1985

Director

For Example, Argentina

For Example, Argentina · 1985

For Example, Argentina

MovieDocumentary

Documentary on State terrorism during the last military dictatorship in Argentina, made in its aftermath. Invited by the Goethe-Institut to hold a workshop with young film students, Schroeter contrasts the official statements of the regime with the testimony of victims, dissidents and relatives of the disappeared. And trust that their faces and words will resonate much more than a mere representation of violence.

Production Assistant

Sensation '77: Mimicry

Sensation '77: Mimicry · 1977

Sensation '77: Mimicry

A woman hides in the forest, attempting to become one with the landscape.

Director

Yo veo conejos

Yo veo conejos · 1967

Cinematography

Table Scenes

Table Scenes · 1979

A group of people, blindfolded and fed distorted German dialogue through headphones, sit at a table and feel their way towards the food in the centre.

Director