25 years later, the Argentine auteur returns to the scene of his 2001 debut feature 'Freedom' and subtly but significantly expands the universe of his ascetic hero, the nonprofessional actor Misael Saavedra.
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'Double Freedom' Courtesy of Luxbox “Double Freedom,” the latest by the Argentine auteur Lisandro Alonso, marks a return to the simplicity of his earliest works following the more complex likes of “Eureka,” his 2023 tripartite epic starring Viggo Mortensen. A direct sequel to his 2001 debut “Freedom,” an intriguingly noneventful observational drama about a man living in seclusion in the Pampas, “Double Freedom” seems to pick up where its predecessor left off: Its protagonist, Misael Saavedra (played by the nonprofessional actor of the same name, an Alonso regular), is still contentedly chopping wood, smoking cigs, and hanging out in his makeshift shack. He’s aged, but otherwise his life looks pretty much the same as it did 20-plus years ago. Alonso takes this opportunity to shake things up — albeit in a rigorously subtle fashion that will excite his experimentally-minded followers and likely alienate those interested in more traditional narratives.
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