BUENOSAIRES (2026): INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR TUCA SIQUEIRA
Tuca Siqueira discusses the decade-long process behind BuenosAires, and the balance between reality and fabulation in small-town Pernambuco, Brazil.
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