When I wrote Wakolda at first I wasn't conscious that I was writing about something so close to or that had so many similar elements with XXY. It was just after I was done writing that I noticed it. I think both teenagers in each film have many similarities, and Mengele is the extreme version of the plastic surgeon in XXY. Both stories definitely have several ideas connecting them.
Wakolda or The German Doctor is a very intimate story. It is the story of a teenage girl and the way she falls in love with a monster. It is the stor… - Lucia Puenzo
Wakolda or The German Doctor is a very intimate story. It is the story of a teenage girl and the way she falls in love with a monster. It is the stor…
- Lucia Puenzo
The Mapuche are our indigenous people from the south, the Patagonia. They are a vey wise and luminous ancient cavitation, which is completely opposit… - Lucia Puenzo
The Mapuche are our indigenous people from the south, the Patagonia. They are a vey wise and luminous ancient cavitation, which is completely opposit…
I was reading books about the Nazi presence not only in Argentina, but all over Latin America, and time and after time this information would come up. - Lucia Puenzo
I was reading books about the Nazi presence not only in Argentina, but all over Latin America, and time and after time this information would come up.
Doctor Mengele is such a powerful character historically, as powerful as Nazism itself, so these subjects always tend to be the protagonists. What I … - Lucia Puenzo
Doctor Mengele is such a powerful character historically, as powerful as Nazism itself, so these subjects always tend to be the protagonists. What I …
I think that even though The German Doctor (Wakolda) is placed in a historical context , it is a very intimate story. The film has been extremely wel… - Lucia Puenzo
I think that even though The German Doctor (Wakolda) is placed in a historical context , it is a very intimate story. The film has been extremely wel…
Much more than trying to focus on the battlefield of the war, it was the central place that German doctors occupied within Nazism, the omnipotent and… - Lucia Puenzo
Much more than trying to focus on the battlefield of the war, it was the central place that German doctors occupied within Nazism, the omnipotent and…
In the case of my second film The Fish Child (El Niño Pez), I had written the novel about 5 years before I made into a film. In the case of The Germa… - Lucia Puenzo
In the case of my second film The Fish Child (El Niño Pez), I had written the novel about 5 years before I made into a film. In the case of The Germa…
In general, even if I'm dealing with a historical subject, I begin with invention rather than investigation, because I need to understand what is goi… - Lucia Puenzo
In general, even if I'm dealing with a historical subject, I begin with invention rather than investigation, because I need to understand what is goi…
In terms of my father, if you have 4 children that work in film, then there certainly was a happy, positive influence from him because none us became… - Lucia Puenzo
In terms of my father, if you have 4 children that work in film, then there certainly was a happy, positive influence from him because none us became…
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