Argentina

The documentary takes up the folk music of Argentina. Its subject is the tradition that lies outside tango. The zamba, the vidala and the chacarera are some of it. The malambo is in the programme as well. The pieces were filmed on a studio stage. There are twenty two of them in all. In some only the music is played. In others dancers appear alongside the musicians. Two of the pieces were made as tributes. One is for Mercedes Sosa. The other is for Atahualpa Yupanqui. Carlos Saura has listened to this music since he was young. Pedro Aznar and Juan Falu appear in the eighty five minute documentary, with Liliana Herrero and Mia Maestro also taking part, an Argentine, French and Spanish coproduction Carlos Saura made in 2015.