That arched window is not American: A Mother-Daughter Mystery at Dumont 4040

That arched window is not American is an adaptation of the story Nada de todo eso, by Samanta Schweblin, with Mirta Busnelli, María Merlino and Vanesa Maja, directed by Mariana Obersztern.

It is presented at Dumont 4040, with performances on Saturdays at 8 p.m. and on Sundays at 6 p.m.

The work, made almost exclusively by women (there is only one male luminary, musician and filmmaker), deals with the relationship between a mother (Mirta Busnelli) and her a girl (María Merlino) and the meeting with the owner of the house (Vanesa Maja) in which they enter in a strange way.

The mother has taken her daughter to visit houses throughout her life, although it is not clear why.

The scene shows them inside a car – a real vehicle and not a stage creation – from which they both entertain themselves looking at houses. Until they reach a house, where the owner can find them. There the various objects (from a sugar bowl to a bed) acquire an allegorical rather than a literal value.

Does the owner of the house in which his mother and daughter are breaking into have something that the mother wishes for? Something to do with your emotional, economic or educational stability? What of all this indicates the mother and the daughter, each one individually, and the relationship between them?

The work is completed with audio-visual visuals shown on a screen.

“What are the slamming doors made of? How to explain what they mean? These are the kinds of questions that the Mother of this work has on her skin.

Nevertheless, his purpose does not seem to be to answer, but to use them as tactile gestures to feel reality and thus support a great imperial and fundamental question that has been left in the pipeline: why did he leave only the car keys when he left?

She is the daughter of this mother, who from there leads him on an inner journey, and she too.”describes the promotional text for That arched window is not American, which omits to be clear and chooses the explanations that could multiply.

THIS BOX IS NOT – THE AMERICAN WINDOW
By: Mirta Busnelli, Maria Merlino and Vanesa Maja
Editing: Mariana Obersztern
Original music: Ulises Conti
Video: R. Moreno
Costume design: Betiana Temkin
Lighting design: Gonzalo Córdova
Set design: Mariana Obersztern
Creation of scenes: Santiago Rey
Graphic design: Leandro Ibarra
Photos: Alejandra Lopez
Media and distribution: Caro Alfonso
Assistant Director: Sonia Riobo
Executive producer: Romana Ciera
Artistic production: Maria Merlino, Romina Chepe
Production direction: Romina Chepe
Direction: Mariana Obersztern
Duration: 65 minutes