''Searching-4 Taberno'' ( es, Buscando a Tabernero) is a 2020 Argentine-American

documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...

directed by Eduardo Montes-Bradley and produced by

Heritage Film Project Heritage Film Project is a film-production studio and film distribution company established in Charlottesville, Virginia, Charlottesville since 2010. It was founded by Eduardo Montes-Bradley and Soledad Liendo in 2008. Heritage Film Project produc ...

. The film traces the origins of German cinematographer Peter Paul Weinschenk before he arrived in Buenos Aires in October of 1937 after four years as a cameraman in Madrid and Barcelona. Once in Argentina, Weinschenk enjoyed great success under the pseudo-name Pablo Tabernero. Tabernero is a literal translation from German of Weinschenk. ''Searching-4 Taberno'' premiered at the 34th annual

Mar del Plata International Film Festival The Mar del Plata International Film Festival ( es, Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata) is an international film festival that takes place every November in the city of Mar del Plata, Argentina. It is the only competitive feature fest ...

, on November 26, 2020.

Synopsis

Montes-Bradley joins Tabernero's eldest son (Enrique Faustino Weinschenk (1940), for the film. Together they traced Weinschenk's steps from his birth in Zehlendorf to his arrival in Buenos Aires. The documentary includes previously unseen color footage of

La Boca La Boca (; "the Mouth", probably of the Matanza River) is a neighborhood (''barrio'') of Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina. It retains a strong Italian flavour, many of its early settlers having originated in the city of Genoa. Geography L ...

filmed in 1941 and footage of Tabernero walking with the troops of Buenaventura Durruti as they move forward to attack the troops loyal to

Francisco Franco Francisco Franco Bahamonde (; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general who led the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War ...

Development

''Searching-4 Tabernero'' was filmed in Berlin,

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, Barcelona, Madrid, New York,

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, Buenos Aires, and Mendoza.

Reception

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'' and Caligari both reviewed the movie favorably, the former calling it a tribute to Weinschenk. Ámbito also gave ''Searching-4 Tabernero'' a favorable review, stating that the movie left them wanting to know more.

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