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Simón looks over his shoulder in a locker-room corridor
63.ª Semaine de la Critique, Cannes 2024 · Grand PrixGrand Prix 2024
San Sebastián International Film Festival

Simón de
la Montaña

Directed by Federico Luis · Argentina, Chile, Uruguay · 2024 · 93 min

At 21, Simón decides to become someone else.

Synopsis

Simón is 21, lives at the foot of the Andes and introduces himself as a moving assistant. When he begins to spend time with a group of young people with disabilities, he seems to become a different person.

Poster of Simon of the Mountain

Credits

International title
Simon of the Mountain
Director
Federico Luis
Screenplay
Federico Luis, Tomás Murphy, Agustín Toscano
Cast
Lorenzo Ferro, Kiara Supini, Pehuén Pedre, Camila Hirane
Cinematography
Marcos Hastrup
Art direction
Nicolás Tavella
Editing
Tomás Murphy, Andrés Medina
Costume design
Paula Ruiz Avalos
Sound
Martín García Blaya
Music
Hernán González Villamil
Producers
Patricio Álvarez Casado
Co-production
Fernando Bascuñán, Ignacio G. Cucucovich, Carlos Rincones
Production companies
20/20 (Argentina), Planta (Chile), Mother Superior (Uruguay), Twelve Thirty Media (Mexico)
Country
Argentina, Chile, Uruguay
Running time
93 min

Selections and awards

Grand Prix, 63rd Critics’ Week, Cannes 2024 · World premiere
CineVision Award for Best Film by an Emerging Director, Filmfest München 2024
Best Film (Grand Jury Prize) and Best Actor (Lorenzo Ferro), Lima Film Festival 2024
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Best Actor (Lorenzo Ferro), SANFIC 2024
Best Film, Fiction Feature Competition, FICVIÑA 2024
Best Performance and Special Mention for the Cast, Festival du Nouveau Cinéma de Montréal 2024
Youth Award, Espíritu Joven section, Bogotá International Film Festival 2024
Horizontes Latinos, San Sebastián Film Festival 2024
Radar section, D’A Film Festival Barcelona 2025
Nominated for Best First Film, Platino Awards for Ibero-American Cinema
Nominations for Best First Film, Best Actor (Lorenzo Ferro) and Breakthrough Actor (Pehuén Pedre), Sur Awards and Cóndor de Plata, Argentina

Trailer

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Stills

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Simón and a friend sit at a desk in an officeSimón looks over his shoulder in a locker-room corridor