Croma – Films – Visions du Réel

Manuel Abramovich
Argentina, Germany, Austria | 2025 | 70 min
World premiere
Language : Spanish
Subtitles : English, French

Against a green-screen backdrop, a group of children and adults ask themselves questions about their gender. In a natural space freed from normativity, the possibilities of rewriting the scripts of their lives become infinite. Acclaimed director Manuel Abramovich and his performers invite us into a dazzling new reality of desires and possible futures.

Against a green backdrop, children and adults engage in profound questions about gender—what it means to be a man, a woman, or a trans person. Their hesitation, or even silence, speaks volumes, highlighting gender as a construct, a role shaped by societal codes and norms. As the conversation deepens, it shifts towards their social, emotional, and familial lives, exposing the weight of normative expectations and the intimate struggles they carry. Then, in a breath of imagination, the green screen falls away, unveiling an untouched natural landscape—an ideal safe space where the characters are free to explore their identities beyond the constraints of everyday fiction. With Croma, Manuel Abramovich fosters a sense of community, transforming the film into a space for collective reflection and lived experience, with the screen capturing only a fragment of this journey. A shared space for healing and transformation—more essential than ever in the Argentina of today.
Aurélien Marsais

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