Misael lives alone in the forest. Adrift from society, he is a self-sufficient woodcutter. He suddenly faces the responsibility of taking in his sister; the mental institution where she lives will close. Misael's free life in nature collapses dramatically as he adjusts to life with his sister... Lisandro Alonso consistently portrays people living in isolation by stripping narrative down to bare essentials. Double Freedom is a pure embodiment of his minimalist style, and can be regarded as a sequel, set some time later, to Alonso's feature debut, La Libertad, which was screened at the 2001 Cannes Un Certain Regard.
Lisandro Alonso is a director and screenwriter, a key figure in the New Argentine Cinema. Since La Libertad (2001), which premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival, his work has maintained a constant presence at the festival, where Los Muertos (2004), Fantasma (2006), and Liverpool (2008) were also screened.
From Tokyo International Film Festival 2026, No. 39