• Wild Tales

    Directed by Damián Szifron
    Argentina/Spain | 122 minutes | The Palm Springs Canon

  • Wild Tales

    Directed by Damián Szifron
    Argentina/Spain | 122 minutes | The Palm Springs Canon

Wild Tales lives up to its name and then some, packing six absurdly taut, funny and emotionally charged short films into its running time. The common theme is revenge, and it’s delivered with a wicked sense of humor that’s befitting of the film’s producers, Pedro and Agustín Almodóvar. (PSIFF 2015) Free community screening sponsored by Desert Care Network.

film synopsis

“A waitress in an empty late-night diner realizes the boorish customer she’s serving is the man who ruined her life; a bride discovers her new husband has been unfaithful and improvises payback in the midst of an unforgettable wedding party; on an empty stretch of desert highway a yuppie and a trucker engage in increasingly furious and extreme road games… Wild Tales lives up to its name and then some, packing six absurdly taut, funny and emotionally charged short films into its running time. The common theme is revenge, and it’s delivered with a wicked sense of humor that’s befitting of the film’s producers, Pedro and Agustín Almodóvar.

Argentine director Damián Szifrón draws blistering performances from a great cast — including the great Ricardo Darin as an executive pushed too far by the municipal parking authorities — and brings it all together with a fresh and inventive visual style. It’s at least a week’s worth of water-cooler conversations in one quick fix.” -PSIFF 2015

film details

Director: Damián Szifron
Producers: Hugo Sigman, Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar, Esther García, Matías Mosteirín
Screenwriter: Damián Szifron
Cinematographers: Javier Juliá
Editor: Pablo Barbieri, Damián Szifrón
Music: Gustavo Santaolalla
Cast: Dario Grandinetti, Rita Cortese, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Ricardo Darin, Oscar Martínez, Érica Rivas
Original Language Title: Relatos salvajes
Country: Argentina/Spain
Language: in Spanish with English subtitles
Year: 2014
Running Time: 122 minutes
Primary Company: Sony Pictures Classics

director biography

2019 Film Festival