Synopsis: In a village in the Argentinian countryside, the inhabitants lead a routine life surrounded by nature. When one evening, the old farmer Omar sees a light appear, he decides to go in search of answers with his grandson Noah. In an empty holiday villa, the two domestic workers, Rosana and Lily, make a strange discovery, where magic and reality coexist.
Presented as a world premiere at Visions du Réel last April in the Burning Lights competition, The World Upside Down is the first co-director of Agostina Di Luciano and Leon Schwitter. Shot in Argentina, at Villa Giardino in the Cordoba region, the feature film combines fiction and documentary. The filmmakers paint the portrait of a community where the boundaries between reality and spirituality are gradually disappearing. Myths and popular beliefs are gradually intruding to cope with uncertain daily lives, in a society where inequalities are increasingly growing.
About the filmmakers
Agostina Di Luciano was born in 1998 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She has been studying theater pedagogy at the ZHdK (Zurich University of the Arts) since 2022. She is part of the theater collective bOdyssey, which aims to promote exchange and collaboration between people from different cultures. She lives and works in Zurich and Buenos Aires. EL MUNDO AL RÉVÉS is his first feature film.
Leon Schwitter was born in 1994 in Lenzburg, Switzerland. He studied cinema at the Zurich University of the Arts, where he obtained a bachelor’s degree with a specialization in screenplay. He is part of the production company Sabotage Kollektiv, where he works as director and producer. His first feature film, RÉDUIT (2022), was presented at numerous international festivals and won, among others, the First Look Award in Locarno, the Golden Alexander in Thessaloniki and the Fipresci Prize in Schwerin. EL MUNDO AL RÉVÉS is his second feature film.