16/05/2022
As swiftly as some directors changed studios, the Argentinian Hugo Fregonese (1908-87), to whom this year's festival dedicates the section The Drifter's Escape: Hugo Fregonese, changed countries. His rootlessness and restlessness is frequently reflected in his protagonists – isolated individuals who are either voluntarily on the move or who have been forced into exile and eternal wandering.