Rodrigo Sorogoyen's 'El Ser Querido' Explores Time and Repression at Cannes
Rodrigo Sorogoyen's film 'El Ser Querido', screened in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, is highlighted as one of the most surprising works of the edition. The film revolves around the concept of time, engaging with Freudian ideas of repression (Verdrängung). It argues that the repressed is not a forgotten past event but exists perpetually in the present, and that the past becomes 'past' only through retroactive constitution by repression.
Key facts
- Rodrigo Sorogoyen's film 'El Ser Querido' screened in competition at Cannes.
- The film is described as one of the most surprising works of the edition.
- The film explores the concept of time and Freudian repression.
- Repression (Verdrängung) is presented as always present, not a forgotten past.
- The past is constituted retroactively as such by repression.
Entities
Artists
- Rodrigo Sorogoyen
Institutions
- Cannes Film Festival
Locations
- Cannes
- France