Super Furry Animal Gruff Rhys goes on a quest to find his distant relatives among the descendants of a wave of Welsh immigrants to Patagonia in the late 1800s. Following a rigged horseback race that ended in a fatal accident in late 1882, Dafydd Jones fled to South America and became part of the still thriving Welsh-speaking community. Travelling at times by a teleportation device, much like a Power Ranger’s helmet, between Wales and Patagonia, Rhys journeys across South America performing experimental solo concerts, tracing the Welsh community’s movements, and searching for Jones’ great grandson, a 1970s Argentine pop star called René Griffiths, who would arrive on stage on a horse and sing in Welsh. Told with magical realism, this is a playful, sweet and thoroughly sincere road movie that looks at a fascinating part of welsh culture.
Gruff Rhys will be with us on Wed 4 Aug to introduce the film and will also conduct a post-show question and answer with the audience alongside co-director, Dylan Goch.
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