The Pharmacy
Director Gervasio Noailles
Countries Argentina
Duration 15 min
Synopsis
The documentary shows the last days of a Pharmacy that works like at the beginning of the XX century, when medicines were handmade and the pharmaceutical industry had not installed a compulsive way of production and medicine consumption yet. The Pharmacy “Sarandria” works for more than 80 years in a popular district of Buenos Aires city. The pharmacist has 86 years and 60 of experience and is an example of a pharmacy style that no longer exists. The furniture, the bottles and the aesthetic of the place proved that the Pharmacy has paused in the time, nevertheless the wrinkles of the face of Mr. Gregorio prove that time cannot be stopped. Mr. Gregorio and Cristina -his assistant- conserves a style of work and customized attention to their clients while the world follows its rate accelerated. The sound of the cars in the street remembers that the time of the daily life cannot pause to wait for these two old ones. Mr. Gregorio, just as the old alchemists is destined to disappear along with his pharmacy and we are witnesses of his final fatigue.
The documentary shows the last days of a Pharmacy that works like at the beginning of the XX century, when medicines were handmade and the pharmaceutical industry had not installed a compulsive way of production and medicine consumption yet. The Pharmacy “Sarandria” works for more than 80 years in a popular district of Buenos Aires city. The pharmacist has 86 years and 60 of experience and is an example of a pharmacy style that no longer exists. The furniture, the bottles and the aesthetic of the place proved that the Pharmacy has paused in the time, nevertheless the wrinkles of the face of Mr. Gregorio prove that time cannot be stopped. Mr. Gregorio and Cristina -his assistant- conserves a style of work and customized attention to their clients while the world follows its rate accelerated. The sound of the cars in the street remembers that the time of the daily life cannot pause to wait for these two old ones. Mr. Gregorio, just as the old alchemists is destined to disappear along with his pharmacy and we are witnesses of his final fatigue.