Small Country

I spent my weekends as a kid in a gated community in the countryside outside of Buenos Aires. My family built a house, dreaming of calm and security. Instead, we found that the place was a refuge for white-collar thieves and drug dealers. I used to play football with their sons, who are now the new generation of CEOs and politicians. They are part of the conservative right who want Argentina to be based on an ethos of “every man for himself”. We are facing an economic crisis similar to that of 2001. It is as if we were a society with no memory. "Small Country" is a chronicle of a grim and absurd era in Argentina’s history, a deeply personal project. Moments of magic realism, static and stripped family relationships, great pressure to belong and a constant paranoia. It is a reference to “small town, big hell”. I am curious about small societies, seemingly harmonious but containing deep human misery. This curiosity is the spine of my authorship. I would like to inspire an examination of the past – a wake-up call to reimagine the future.