Copyright 2026, Documentary Educational Resources https://store.der.org/staro-wojciech-c420all.aspx Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:43:07 GMT 60 Nexternal RSS 2.0 en-us https://store.der.org/argentinian-lesson-p154.aspx Product154 Wed, 18 Jul 2018 13:31:00 GMT <div style="float:left"><a class="url" href="https://store.der.org/argentinian-lesson-p154.aspx"><img src="//cdn.nexternal.com/der/images/argentinian-lesson.jpg" alt="Argentinian Lesson" border="0" hspace="3"></a></div><span class="riRssTitle"><a href="https://store.der.org/argentinian-lesson-p154.aspx">Argentinian Lesson</a></span><br><a href="https://store.der.org/argentinian-lesson-p154.aspx">Buy Now:</a> <span color="#990000"><b>$320.00</b></span> <br /><br /><div>With lush and intimate photography, Wojciech Staroń documents his family's move from Poland to Argentina. Struggling to adapt in a foreign country, his 8-year-old son Janek finds a friend in Marcia, a grounded 11-year-old Argentinean of Polish descent. With a strength and determination well beyond her years, Marcia must help make ends meet while holding her family together.&nbsp;<div><br /></div><div>In this uniquely cross-cultural and universal coming-of-age story, Janek and Marcia go on adventures throughout the Argentinian countryside together finding work and exploring the beauty of nature around them. Janek's eagerness and Marcia's tenacity make them two unforgettable characters in an unconventional love story that sees the innocence of childhood surrounded by the harsh realities of adulthood.</div><div><br /></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><div>“Enthralling... as rewardingly rich, complex and heartbreaking as any fiction.”&nbsp;</div></div><div><div>— Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>“Staron's gift for finding magical moments is simply breathtaking, giving the viewer an occasional dose of delicately observed humanity one expects from the great cinematic capturers of ethereal beauty and human foible (Burnette, Malick, Almendros etc.)”&nbsp;</div></div><div><div>— Brandon Harris, The Filmmaker Magazine</div></div><div><br /></div></blockquote><b>SELECTED SCREENINGS &amp; AWARDS</b><div><div><i>Spotlight Award</i>, Cinema Eye, 2013</div><div><i>Best Creative Documentary,</i>&nbsp;MakeDox, Macedonia, 2012</div><div><i>Best Documentary Film Award</i>, Chicago Polish Film Festival, USA, 2012</div><div><i>Grand Prize</i>, Let's CEE Documentary Film Festival, Austria, 2012</div><div><i>Best International Medium-Length Film</i>, RIDM, Canada 2012</div><div><i>Golden Horn for the Director of the Best Film</i>, Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2011</div><div><i>Award of the Polish Association of Cinematographers</i>(PSC), Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2011</div></div><div><div>Documentary Fortnight, MoMA, USA, 2012</div></div><div><i>The Best Director Prize</i>, Festival dei Popoli in Florence, Italy, 2011</div><div><br /></div><br /><br />Visit <a href="https://store.der.org/staro-wojciech-c420all.aspx">Staroń, Wojciech</a> to see additional products in this category.</div>