This acclaimed and seminal documentary, a landmark in Latin American cinema, follows filmmaker Andrés Di Tella on a journey to India, his mother’s birthplace, as he unravels the enigmas of her life. His exploration of her unknown history becomes an intimate quest to uncover his own identity.

Directed by: Andrés Di Tella 
Production Company: Cine Ojo
Year: 2007

Academic Publications:

• Cambridge University Press – “Memory on the Threshold: Public and Private Reckoning in Recent Argentine and Brazilian Documentary Films” (discusses Fotografías)
• Scholars@Duke – “Remembering objects in the essay film: Andrés di Tella as heir, archaeologist and collector” (discusses Fotografías)
• Nomos eLibrary – “Migration in Argentine Cinema” (academic chapter discussing the film’s themes)
• ResearchGate – “Filming Loss: (Post)Memory, Subjectivity, and the Performance of Failure in Recent Argentine Documentary Films”