The Despair of the Monkeys (2022)
The first films of Patagonia - where I grew up - show a territory that no longer exists, as the araucarias, millenary trees from the Patagonian forests, were in part replaced by more productive pines. Near my new home, in Belgium, I find araucarias that adorn front gardens. We hear some girls playing in the car, pointing out araucarias on the road. How did these plants become a petty-bourgeois fashion in northern Europe? I confront these archives with contemporary technoscientific images, used by a lab to explore plant modifications. What can these modes of representation tell us about our time?
Director: Julián García Long
| Editing | Manuel Embalse | Editor |
| Visual Effects | Guangli Liu | VFX Artist |
| Directing | Julián García Long | Director |
| Writing | Julián García Long | Writer |
| Writing | Tatiana Mazú | Script Consultant |
| Camera | Julián García Long | Camera Operator |
| Production | François Willig | Producer |
