Cinema Guild, the New York-based distribution company, announces the North American theatrical release of You Burn Me (T� me abrasas), the latest film by acclaimed Argentine director Mat�as Pi�eiro. This hour-long meditation on love and mortality will premiere on March 7 at Anthology Film Archives in New York City, March 14 at the American Cinematheque in Los Angeles, and March 21 at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago, with more cities to follow.Following its world premiere at the Berlinale and North American premiere at the New York Film Festival, You Burn Me marks a new direction in Pi�eiro’s work. The film, a literary adaptation of Cesare Pavese’s Sea Foam from Dialoghi con Leuc� (1947), explores the encounter between the Greek poet Sappho and the nymph Britomartis as they discuss love, myth, and mortality.Shot on 16mm in Turin, the film blends close-ups of annotated phrases, playful drawings, and abstractions of the sea.
It combines a surreal detachment with modern-day references, as tourists roam the streets and characters use cell phones to translate ancient Greek texts. Pi�eiro�s longtime collaborators Agustina Mu�oz, Mar�a Villar, and Gabi Said�n provide voiceover narration, while the film reflects on Pavese�s own tragic life, as he died by suicide in his hometown.As in his previous works, Pi�eiro challenges traditional narrative structures, crafting a sensorial and textured film that defies easy categorization. You Burn Me continues Pi�eiro’s exploration of literary adaptations, pushing the boundaries of cinematographic language and offering a deeply personal vision.The film’s North American release will include Preface for the Little Dialogue, a brand-new six-minute short featuring Pi�eiro�s voiceover as an introduction to the feature.
In New York, Anthology Film Archives will also present a curated series of films that influenced You Burn Me, including works by Mariano Llin�s, Michelangelo Antonioni, Dani�le Huillet, and Jean-Marie Straub. The American Cinematheque in Los Angeles will host Pi�eiro’s first complete retrospective in conjunction with the film�s release.You Burn Me (T� me abrasas) is a 2024 Argentine/Spanish film, 64 minutes, in Spanish with English subtitles. Directed and written by Mat�as Pi�eiro, produced by Garbi�e Ortega, Pi�eiro, and Melanie Schapiro, with cinematography by Tomas Paula Marques and Pi�eiro.
The film stars Gabi Said�n, Mar�a Villar, Maria In�s Gon�alves, Agustina Mu�oz, Ana Cris Barrag�n, Michelle Yoon, and Katarina Burin. A Cinema Guild release.https://www.youtube.com/watch-v=e6R93weOwig