“Only love” It was a feature film that was released in mid-2018. Like many national cinema films, the film had a short tour of local theaters, which allowed it to be among the ten most watched Argentine films of the year, surpassing at the box office the 25 thousand viewers. However, the film directed by Andrés Caballero and Diego Corsini It was an extraordinary success, five years later, through the platform Netflix.
Starring Franco Massini, with successful cameos of Andrea Frigerio and Gerardo Romanothe film highlights the chemistry and interpretation of the actress Jamila Saud, that I am also part of the film’s writing team, and that he composes with Masini, the romantic duo of the film about a rocker and a lawyer who cross paths. The story begins when Emma, a young structured lawyer who lives following her family mandate, meets Noah by accident, the leader of a garage rock band that she seeks to transcend. The romance explodes but the future and destiny of the protagonists is decidedly antagonistic.
“I started my career as a music band manager, many did well and others did not, and that path is not told much. It is what we wanted to narrate with that touch of illusion and hope, and also show the world of record companies”, says Andy Caballero
News: The film has more than a million views on the platform, what do you think is the reason for that?
Gentleman: I think that if we reached a million views it is because we had Franco Masini, which from that moment began to grow day by day. The film has that look of an undercover musical, and there aren’t many films like that in Argentina. It has a specially produced soundtrack, with twelve songs and twelve video clips, and a disc that is in Spotify.
News: Why do you think an independent film from 2018 doesn’t get old?
Gentleman: It is current, when we filmed it we wanted to put a lot of emphasis on cell phones, and on the relationship that implies that you become known and explode from one day to the next. How networks serve for good and for bad. Before to release a record you had to play everywhere and now for a TikTok you are already popular I think that’s the touch it has, along with the modern and plastic aesthetic that is still used today.
News: The visual styling is one of the highlights of the film. How did your aesthetic vision for the film develop?
Gentleman: We mark aesthetics with sun lopatin, who is the director of photography on almost all of my projects. We just finished a documentary on Jay of the Cave, a very important artist in Mexico. Audiovisual references link a lot with video clips, a genre in which I have been very prolific and although I have been leaving it, I still have a lot of fun. It’s a great powerhouse for new ideas and aesthetics. As for “Solo el amor”, the reference in the film is to be plastic. We were with those colors, the rehearsal room had a flight of great euphoria. And in the edition we have Alberto Ponce, who is a legend and put a lot of order to the material.
News: How do you approach creativity? What are you working on now?
Gentleman: Creative processes are diverse. For “Only love” I worked with my friend and musician Lucho Cervi, with whom we worked on the concept and music from scratch. And now with Chalo, friend and producer, we are with the documentary that I am making, and another film called “Nahum”, which will be released shortly.
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