The Double Steps

Los pasos dobles

Spain, Switzerland, France

2011

91 Min

Color

Bambara, French

Currently 2.7/5 Stars.
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CAST Bokar Dembele, Miquel Barceló, Amo Pegnere Dolo, Amassagou Dolo, Alou Cisse, Hamdoun Kassogue, Abinum Dolo, Soumaila Sabata, Djenebou Keita

SOUND Amanda Villavieja, Juerg von Allmen

San Sebastián (Competition): Golden Seashell, Chicago (World Cinema), Rotterdam (Spectrum), CPH PIX (Latin Beats), San Francisco (World Cinema), BAFICI (Trayectorias)

Synopsis

The best way to escape from your pursuers without leaving any traces behind you is to walk backwards over your own footprints. This is what French artist and author François Augiéras believed as he painted every inch of the walls of a military bunker in the desert and let it sink into the sand so that no-one would find it till the 21st Century. Filmmaker Isaki lacuseta and painter Miquel Barceló evoke Augiéras’s fascinating personality. –Festival de San Sebastián

Director

Isaki Lacuesta

Isaki Lacuesta was born into a family of Basque origins in Girona, Spain, in 1975. After his film studies, he took a course in Audio-visual Communication at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and later a Master Course in Documentary of Creation at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra.

Lacuesta was defined ‘a cineaste with a capital C, and the most promising Spanish cineaste’ (Jaime Pena, Buenos Aires Film Festival). He was included by Phaidon Press in the trend-setting book Take 100 – The Future of Film: 100 New Directors,, an overview of the 100 film-makers who will shape the future of film.

In September 2011, Los pasos dobles was awarded the Concha de Oro for Best Film at the San Sebastian Film Festival. —Festival dei Popoli

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Michael Harbour

18Feb13

The movie is so intent on obscuring that it doesn't offer much that's comprehensible beyond what is laid out in the synopsis. The few moments of entertainment which can be gleaned are not worth the investment of even the 86 minute running time.

Lucas Granero

17Apr12

Construcción misteriosa de un poder visual exuberante tan grande que podemos perdernos en el relato y aún asi sentirnos inmersos en él. Las puertas del desierto (mas bien oasis de densidad narrativa que explotan por todos lados) se abren a cada paso, expandiendo las posibilidades de perderse en ese terreno. Los Pasos Dobles es exactamente como las obras del pintor: se dobla, se refleja, se expande y avanza, avanza...