Mariano Pensotti & Grupo Marea

What would we do differently if we could look back on today’s world from a post-­pandemic future? What will we think about the 2020s thirty years from now? The Argentinian author and di­rector Mariano Pensotti presents «Los Años», a piece taking place simultaneously in the future and in our present – the future past.

In an ingeniously designed stage set – almost like a cross­cutting film montage – we watch the story of a man at two different moments in his life: In the first, we see 30­-year-­old Manuel living in today’s time. Appropriate for his age, his life is characterised by utopias and grandiose ideas. In the second scenario, we look ahead to 2052 when a 60-year old Manuel returns to Buenos Aires hav­ing lived abroad for a long time. He hopes to build on his former success as a filmmaker and wants to rekindle his relationships with his family and friends. But, as life goes on, things turn out differ­ently …

With «Los Años», the passionate storyteller Pensotti and his ensemble have created a sophisti­cated universe full of references to our present. In a tragic-comic to and fro between times and reali­ties, Pensotti tells of shattered dreams, unfulfilled ideals and of everything that really lasts. (af)