Argentine director Martín Turnes, whose feature “Pichuco” snagged the Argentine Film Critic Association’s Silver Condor Award for best documentary in 2015, is bringing his first full-length fiction title, “El Agrónomo,” toFilmed in Marcos Paz, Argentina with the support of Marcos Paz Film TV, the project is produced by Fernando Romanazzo of Buenos Aires-based Aqueronte alongside Zebra Films and Haz Cooperativa Audiovisual.
Gastón’s life is upended when he moves his family to a rural farming community to continue his career as an agronomist working to resurrect failing crops, a decision quickly contested by locals and those he holds dear.
The plot moves ahead as Gaston’s relationship with his teenage daughter Vera deteriorates. The anguish present as she navigates her independence and refuses to align with his life’s path is tangible as his wife becomes slowly removed from her place beside him in tandem. He’s forced firmly between his profession and their discontent.
“Together with my co-scriptwriter Marcelo Pitrola, we took advantage of that adolescent energy embodied in Gastón’s daughter who, forced to move to a town and change her entire life, understanding more broadly what her father does and the consequences, is drawn to a new group of friends and decides not to remain silent,” he continued.