La Chimère des héros
( La Quimera de los heroes )

Daniel Rosenfeld
2003 - 62 min - Super 16 mm - Couleur - France

The film will tell the incredible story of a young Argentinian with a neo-nazi past, a rugby player transformed by a visit in Toulouse. He trains a team of Toba Indians who are amongst the most marginal ethnicities in Argentina. They soon become the best team in Latin America. They are to play against a Spanish team in a Commemoration match on the occasion of the anniversary of the discovery of America or “ the Conquest ” as the Tobas prefer to say. A portrait of one man, a people, a country struggling to acquire an identity and recognition through a sport : Rugby.

Exist also in 52' under the title "Aborigene Rugby Club".



Author-Director : Daniel Rosenfeld
Delegate Producer : Les Films d'ici
Broadcasting Co-producer : France 2
Broadcasting Co-producer : SBS Australia
Contribution : CNC

Distribution


Distributor : Les Films d'ici
Disponible au Club du doc

Distinctions

2003 - EntreVues - Festival du film de Belfort, Belfort (France) : Prix du Public