Gaucho Gaucho’s poetic cinematography presents a melodic, slow-paced portrayal of the everyday life of Argentina’s cowhands. The land is revealed in small pockets of intimacy between gauchos as they reconcile the rituals of their material reality with the slow decay of their fragile terrain. They are careful and deliberate as they tend to their animals, their soil, and their adornments. The density of the black-and-white images illuminates the fissures and folds of the landscape to create a dreamlike choreography between the elements.