The 7 Vices 

Director letter of intent

This film is composed of a series of seven short films corresponding to the seven deadly sins.  As an introduction as well as an epilogue, we find a little girl - to whom the voice-over of St. Thomas Aquinas promises to tell her a story. She is the emblem of decadence and hope. Cortázar's "Marelle" labyrinth novel, an endless book, suggests the mood. The careless game of a girl hopping between "earth and sky" is a metaphor for "hell and heaven" that will be at the heart of the film.  Each of the seven courts takes place at a different time, responding to an aesthetic genre, a language, a setting and a dramaturgical rhythm that are unique to it. I wanted to be able to celebrate great cinematographic references, such as Chris Marker, Tarkovski, Chaplin, Greenaway or Cronenberg while greeting the great men of letters like Borges, Tolstoy, Hemingway, Kafka, Rimbaud, and have them communicate with the great artistic masters of painting; Warhol , Basquiat , Bosch  ... A reflection on these "masters" then led me to the idea of a second dialogue, the one that could take place between so-called "classical" references and artists contemporary: renowned actors, street artists, experimental musicians, a fire organ, visual artists, stylists and craftsmen of genius. For Borges, every man is Homer. He never ceased to create characters who duplicated themselves, who lost their identity, because for him a man "incarnates" all men. Sometimes the traitor is also the hero. As for me, I have always been fascinated by this idea of underlying ambiguity, a magical metamorphosis that sometimes occurs in humans unexpectedly. Thus, the gallerist in The Thief of Souls is both the broken woman and the cannibal monster, as for the hunter, he sees himself trapped.  My intention was not to create either a pastiche or a mass of classical references but to bring an original vision, at the same time tragic and funny, disturbing and light as well, of a subject which, since always, touches men and who is undeniably timeless and inexhaustible. The deadly sins, with their share of obscurantism, could be at the origin of certain human behaviors. The secret meanders of social conduct, the pretense, this truth which everyone thinks of being the holder, are themes that haunt me since my first works: Deadtime, 9 of copas, Brain damaged, Mc Clean.  Here, what seduced me was to dive right away, without parachute, into the themes that emerge from the 7 "vices": frustration, the loss of identity, the rejection of a child, blindness, cruelty without reason, selfishness, murder, naive nonchalance. I was not afraid of a certain freedom; on the contrary, the excessive, when the dialogues are almost absent, can bring an additional poetic and symbolic musicality, a kind of theatricality. That's why body language, sets, silences and sound are essential in this film that is dreamlike and fantastic above all else. In Poker, the overabundance of clichés resulting from stereotypes will grow as much to laugh as terrible.  My Argentinian origins and parents teachers have quickly immersed me in the world of arts and literature. An uncle gave me my first little camera. My taste for the image has been growing ever since. Photography, video, short films. As a tribute to photography, all the shorts will be in black and white with the exception of Metamorphosis.  Some previous collaborations with musicians, directed me towards worlds as eclectic as introspective. From Adrian Maglia's pianist talent (Argentina), Franco Cinelli (DJ) , Vera Baxter (Argentina), to the powerful Michel Moglia fire organ (only world to make fire talk), Waterflower Fantastic artist that make music with flowers , and Patrice Lorion extraordinaries Sound Designers. These sonorous voices, all of which have agreed to be part of this project, will give each scene a special atmosphere. Marioara Cheptene & Steev Gaudet, world dance champions, gave me great pleasure to accept to play in Dreams,and with the talent of Chloe Rigal  bringing their unique experience and grace. Among the actors who have done me the great honor to accept my proposal, I count with Guest Star Arielle Dombasle , Katinka, and Chihiro Niuya, Mary Dre Motena ,the sublime Costume Designer Stephanie Lambert , the German street-artist Konni Steading, Julie Von Trash , the Argentine Jimena Buttigliengo. The talented stylist Nobuki Hizume,  have also agreed to be part of this film.  About filming, we have made the choice of an immersion shoot, in natural settings, despite the budget or weather constraints that may represent. Whether a garden or a forest, a beach, an abbey or a castle, or the Russian Conservatory of Paris Rachmaninoff, the authenticity of these natural settings are in resonance with an intimate character and an inherent concern for authenticity to the movie. The place of the senses seemed to me finally to be a way to dig. The sensoriality that emanates from a film can also be experienced in a raw, wild way, such as can be the memory of a perfume or a music of our childhood. Hence the idea of facilities releasing perfumes in the projection rooms. To the visual experience will be added a sensory experience.  What is morality? What do religions claim to bring us? What ethics is a man supposed to have in society? What is the share of responsibility? Can we escape our vicious destiny? Will we end up killing our planet too? The film poses its concerns, to the viewer to respond ...

Gabriel Otero

AUDIO-VISUAL WORK & AWARDS

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SHORTS

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No Brand - (2002)

Likuidreams - (2002)

Politicos de Mierda - (2002)

Vinilo War - (2002)

Absolut Bushit - (2002)

Deadtime - (2002)

Speed - (2002)

Perra Maldita - (2002)

Metrodogma - (2002)

Los Piqueteros - (2002)

Cura del Orto - (2002)

Que viajes Traes Tio - (2002)

Sensorial part II (2003)

9 de Copas - (2003)

Erebo - (2004)

Scream - 2004)

Mc Clean - 2004)

Brain Damaged - (2005)

Tout est Possible ( 2013)

La toute-puissance des rythmes (2014)

235 (92) (2015)

Sin Permiso (2015)

Dancing in the Space (2017)

Cinema Verite (2019)

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FEATURE FILMS

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The 7 Vices ( 2021)

This film is the first feature film by Argentinian director Gabriel Otero.

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Eleven (2023) -

Work in progress

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Je t’attends mon amour (2025) 

Work in progress

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AWARDS

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Deadtime  

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Official Selection Finalist

Neurofilms Festival, Argentina.

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Speed

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Official Selection Finalist

Neurofilms Festival, Argentina.

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Que viaje traes tio

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Official Selection Finalist

The Ten Second Films Competition (2003), New York USA.

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9 de Copas (2004)

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Jury Mention Best Concept

VI Festival de Cine de terror, Fantastico y bizarro, Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre (2005)

Seleccion Competitiva Oficial Cortometrajes Nacionales, BuenosAires, Argentina.

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Brain Damaged (2005)

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Official Selection

Festival Images Contre-Nature, (2006)Marseille, France.

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Mc Clean

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Jury Honorable Mention

 Festival of Cine Digital, Vina del Mar, Chile

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Tout est Possible (2013)

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Official Selection

Festival Images Contre-Nature,  2014 Marseille, France

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Official Selection

Circe: the black cut (2014) THE PLACE * kleisovis 10, Athens.

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La toute-puissance des rythmes (2014)

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Official Selection

Pixels of Identities International Experimental Video Art Festival,

Museo deAlmeria, Spain 2014-MECA Mediterraneo Centro Artistico.

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Official Selection

MADATAC # 6, Madrid 2014, Centro Palacio de Cibeles, FIART Muestra de Arte Digital Audiovisual y Tecnologias Avanzadas Contemporaneas.

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Official Selection

Papay Gyro Nights Art Festival 2015

Papay Westray, Orkney, Scotland 2015

Hong Kong 2015

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Official Selection

Noida International Film Festival 2015

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Cinema Verite (2019)

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Winner Best Director Short Film

Lacorne International Film Festival 2021

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Winner Best Experimental Short

London Independent Film Awards 2021

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Finalist Best Experimental

Paris Play Film Festival 2021

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Official Selection Finalist

Paris International Film Awards 2021

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The 7 Vices  (2021)

Winner Best Director Feature Film

Paris Cinema Awards 2021

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Winner Best Cinematography

Argenteuil International Film Festival 2021

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Winner Best Cinematography

Honorable Mention Experimental Film

Art  Film Awards 2021

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Winner Silent Film 

Winner Sound Designing 

Outstanding Achievement Award Debut Filmaker

Outstanding Achievement Award Best Director

Outstanding Achievement Award Experimental Film

Outstanding Achievement Award Film on Nature - Environment - Wildlife

Outstanding Achievement Award Best Actress Acted by Jimena Buttigliengo

Calcuta International Cult Film Festival 2021

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Winner Best Cinematography

Winner Best Editing

Winner Best Sound Designing

 Winner Best Actress Acted by Jimena Buttigliengo

Outstanding Achievement Award Best Director

Outstanding Achievement Award Debut Filmaker  

Outstanding Achievement Award Experimental Film

Black Swan International Film Festival

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Official Selection Finalist

Auber International Film Festival 2021

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Official Selection Finalist

Lacorne International Film Festival 2021

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Official Selection Finalist

L’Age d’Or International Arthouse Film Festival 2021

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Rattlesnake Productions Presents

Cinema Vérité

a film by Gabriel Otero

Music Ossuary 6 Air  Kevin Mac Leod 

Paris © 2019

The yellow vests movement - named after the high visibility yellow vests worn by demonstrators - is an unstructured and sporadic protest movement that appeared in France in October 2018. This spontaneous social movement has its origin in broadcasting - mainly on social media - calls for demonstrations against the increase in the price of automotive fuels resulting from the increase in the domestic consumption tax on energy products (TICPE). The demonstrations take place mainly on Saturdays.

From November 17, 2018, the protest is organized around illegal blockades of roads and roundabouts and demonstrations every Saturday. These protests mainly mobilize residents of rural and peri-urban areas, but are also organized in metropolitan areas, where several violent episodes occur, especially on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées or nearby.

Quickly, the demands of the movement widened, in particular to the improvement of the standard of living of the popular and middle classes, the resignation of the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, the reinstatement of the wealth tax and the establishment of the citizens' initiative referendum. During rallies, most often undeclared, several thousand people are injured, both on the side of the demonstrators and the police. Institutions such as the UN and the Council of Europe, as well as associations such as Amnesty International, criticize inappropriate conduct of the maintenance of order and question the use of weapons such as LBDs and de-encirclement grenades.