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NARCISO

by Marcelo Martinessi

synopsis

Paraguay, 1959. Asunción vibrates for the first time with a foreign rhythm. Rock ’n’ roll has found its way onto the radio carrying heat, speed and the faint illusion that the times might suddenly move forward. The city feels younger, looser – briefly out of sync with itself. At the same time, another rhythm settles in. Slower. Heavier. A disciplined pulse that orders gestures, silences voices and redraws the limits of what can be seen or desired. Words like virtue, decency, tradition begin to circulate with unusual force, shaping a shared fear. In this charged atmosphere, the charismatic musician Narciso becomes a symbol of freedom. His youth, his body, his way of inhabiting the night resonate with the music and with the threat it carries. Desire becomes visible. And visibility, dangerous. What once passed unnoticed now attracts attention, suspicion, judgment. As the regime consolidates its power, morality determines the situation – both intimate and oppressive. The future does not disappear all at once; it tightens. It learns to watch itself. Between dance and discipline, a new order takes shape, and an entire generation feels it closing in.

international title: Narciso
original title: Narciso
country: Paraguay, Germany, Uruguay, Brazil, Portugal, Spain, France
sales agent: Luxbox
year: 2026
genre: fiction
directed by: Marcelo Martinessi
film run: 101'
screenplay: Marcelo Martinessi
cast: Diro Romero, Manuel Cuenca, Arturo Fleitas, Margarita Irun, Mona Martínez, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart
cinematography by: Luis Arteaga
film editing: Fernando Epstein, Marcelo Martinessi
art director: Carlo Spatuzza, Babi Targino
music: Zeltia Montes
producer: Sebastián Peña Escobar, Marcelo Martinessi
co-producer: Christoph Friedel, Claudia Steffen, Júlia Murat, Alex Lafuente, Ico Costa, Marina Perales Marhuenda, Xavier Rocher, Agustina Chiarino, Fernando Epstein
production: Pandora Filmproduktion, Oublaum Filmes, Bteam Prods, La Fabrica Nocturna Cinéma, La Babosa Cine (PY), Bocacha Films (UY), Esquina Produções (BR), Guay Films (UY)

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