Patagonia (2010)
Patagonia narrates the journeys of two women - one looking for her past, the other for her future. The film inter-cuts between their stories, in which one of them travels south to north through the Welsh springtime and the other east to west through the Argentine autumn.
- Date of release
- 2010-06-10
- TMDB
- 5.6 / 10 (17)
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Genres
- Drama, Adventure
- Director
- Marc Evans
Casting
- Matthew Rhys — Mateo
- Marta Lubos — Cerys
- Nahuel Pérez Biscayart — Alejandro
- Nia Roberts — Gwen
- Matthew Gravelle — Rhys
- Rhys Parry Jones — Martin
- Duffy — Sissy
- Marco Antonio Caponi — Diego
- Gabriela Ferrero — Eleonara
- Stewart Jones — Old Mr. Roberts
- Claudia Cantero — Marta
- Rhodri Meilir — Rhodri
Interesting facts
- Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1
Patagonia is a 2010 Welsh-Argentine drama film co-written and directed by Marc Evans. The story centres on Welsh and Argentine people connected to "Y Wladfa", the Welsh settlement in Patagonia, Argentina. The film stars several well-known Welsh actors including Matthew Rhys, Nia Roberts and the singer Duffy in her film debut. It premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival on 10 June 2010 and had its UK premiere in Cardiff on 4 March 2011.
Production
Matthew Rhys found out about the role under unusual circumstances. In 2005, he was in Patagonia on horseback with descendants of the region's original Welsh settlers; during the trip, he met director Marc Evans, who was there scouting for locations.
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