"A BUDDHA"

A Buddha is an Argentine film, which invites us to explore the mind of a Tomas (protagonist of the story) after his father's mind and accompany him on his journey to meet her inner self. 

A Buddha character Tomas, losing his father so small makes an idealization of his image, which leads him to practice the same religion as him, the Buddhist. Trying and find the way to meet his own identity. 

            You can see that Tomas, you have a defense mechanism when his father, which is the identification abruptly lost. As defined by the books of general psychology, this mechanism enhances the self-estimation of an individual, leading him to behave like a different person. 

         Identification is a mental process by which an individual consciously or not, tends to assimilate own constituent characters of another, assuming their attitudes, characteristics, and acting accordingly. The child tends to identify with their parents and the teen heroes he admires. It is undoubtedly one of the important mechanisms in the development of personality, and subject until he becomes conscious of his personality is different and requires either own development. (1) Ndolo to behave as if it were another person. 

This process is already suffering archive as an adult. Having failed to close with its idealization, lack of her father, decides unconsciously cling to the Buddhist religion. 

The live cross with religion and know all their strengths and weaknesses, let him close that stage, break with his identification with his father to start building your own personality. 

The memories of childhood, are always present but so fleeting. Certain moments were scored, such as seeing his father praying and Buddhist elements throughout the home. That was also another reason that led him to devote himself to religion. 

The absence of his father occurs at the stage where the child idealizes things, and to that seen in the superhero who can help. For that reason, its disappearance marks the memory of the child, leading to more than hold his memory through religion, in order to avoid forgetting 

TECHNICAL 

A Buddha (2005); Address: Diego Rafecas; Writer: Diego Rafecas; Release Date: July 14, 2005; Performers: Agustin Markert (Thomas); Carolina Fal (Laura); Diego Rafecas (Rafael); Julieta Cardinali (Sol); Tina Serrano (Lucy); Kelly Prince (Lela); Boy Olmi (Father); Paula Siero (Mother); Vera Carnevale (Laila); Luis Ziembrowski (Rat); Juan Manuel Tenuta (John); Iván de Pineda (Carlos); Paula Montero (secretary); Toshiro Yamauchi (Master); Fabian Bril (Claudio); Ian Rafecas (Rafael child); Shahir Jaller (Thomas child); John Fessler (Monk Buenos Aires); Horacio Tomasello (Monk temple) Crew Executive Producer: Diego Rafecas and Ricardo Parada Production Design: Daniel Werner Assistant Director: Nicolás Batlle Photo: Marcelo Iaccarino Camera: Daniel Mendoza (II) Art Director: Cristina Nigro Mounting: Marcela Saenz Music : Diego Vainer direct Sound: Jesica Billordo Federico Suarez and Sound: Jesica Suárez Production Manager: Cynthia Babiacki Berguer 

  Synopsis

A Buddha tells the story of two brother who are children of the disappeared. The younger one archive, clings to the image of his father, Buddhist religion, adopting their lifestyle. One day he decides to go to tap the Cordoba shut, where the headquarters of the temple, that trip is done with his girlfriend laura. His older brother decides to go look, thinking that this trip would join them even more. Both brothers decided to return to the city, but before the Master will deliver them a photograph of him with their father.