
Patricio Coll
Directing
Biography
Patricio Coll (1941, Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina) was a student and professor at the Film Institute of the University of the Litoral. He has worked professionally in film and television production, direction, screenwriting, sound, and editing in Argentina, Venezuela, and Spain. He has received awards for "Hachero nomás," "La doma," "Fernando Paillet, fotógrafo," "Cármen," "Cicatrices," "Regreso a Fortín Olmos," "La huella del gato," and "Ciudad de Sombras." He has also taught at the School of Arts of the National University of Córdoba, the University Institute of Caracas (Venezuela), the Municipal High School of Santa Fe, and the Faculty of Architecture, Design, and Urbanism of the National University of the Litoral.
Known For

A young middle-class man and a young girl who has left the slums to work as a prostitute meet by chance on the Plaza de los Ingleses, opposite the emblematic Retiro station in Buenos Aires.
Brief Heaven

The film tells how in 1970 a group of Argentine filmmakers - including Alberto Fischerman, Rafael Filippelli, Julio Ludueña, Miguel Bejo, Jorge Cedrón, Dody Scheuer and Luis Zanger - decided to make a short film each in one night. The occasion is perfect to describe the atmosphere of the '70s, the fever in which militants and publicists lived, the clash between art and politics. Includes fragments of the films The Players vs. Ángeles Caídos (Fischerman, 1969), Shadows (John Cassavetes, 1959), Made in U.S.A. (Jean-Luc Godard, 1966), L'eclisse (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1962), The Hour of the Furnaces (Pino Solanas & Octavio Getino, 1968), Tire dié (Fernando Birri, 1960), Alianza para el progreso (Ludueña, 1971), La civilización está haciendo masa y no deja oír (Ludueña, 1974) and La pieza de Franz (Fischerman, 1974).
La noche de las cámaras despiertas

Documentary about another documentary by its director Patricio Coll and Jorge Goldenberg, "Hachero nomás".
Regreso a Fortín Olmos

The living and working conditions and the exploitation to which the "axemen" workers are subjected in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, in what was one of the most powerful companies of imperialism.
Hachero nomás

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Nadie nada nunca

Marcelo decides to abandon his life as a city publicist, sells his properties, and builds a ranch on the island. He sails to Don Armando's store for supplies. Victoria works there, with whom he has a romantic relationship and ends up living with him. One night, two men try to rob them; Victoria is shot and killed, and he kills her attackers. The ranch burns down. Marcelo abandons his lost paradise by rowing downriver.
La Huella del gato

Documentary short film that portrays the taming of horses.
La doma

After the sudden death of El Gato, his body must be carried in the rain to the cemetery.
El entierro del gato

Film that rescues the history of the origin of rock in the city of Santa Fe (Argentina) as part of the cultural movement that broke out and promoted the decade between 1965 and 1975 artistically and socially.
65/75 Comarca Beat

An old man pays a woman to live with him as if she were his wife, until one day he discovers that she's sleeping with his son.
Stick and Bone

Three stories located in the decade of the 60 in the city of Santa Fe, Argentina. Juan José Saer paints typical characters of a city counties and depicts a time of political and cultural effervescence.
Cicatrices

One city, four stories. A writer slowly travels through it, reflecting on it and his own circumstances. A foreigner remains hidden, waiting to be able to return to his place of origin. In the meantime, several episodes will cause him to become obsessed to the point of confusing reality with fantasy. A woman is left alone after the death of her husband and daughter. When her young nephew visits her, he is confronted by a disturbing phenomenon. His investigation culminates in a surprising result. A veteran taxi driver, traveling through the deserted city at night, finds his routine disrupted by the appearance of a beautiful woman surrounded by an elusive aura of mystery.
Ciudad de sombras

Short film inspired by "El potro salvaje" (1924), a short story by Horacio Quiroga.
El potro salvaje

A man, tired of technological advances and consumerism, decides to destroy his electrical appliances.
El asesino

Patricio Coll explores Santa Fe's oldest buildings following a chronology, a geographical logic, and a series of documents that facilitate an appreciation of what is seen.