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Gruff Rhys traces Patagonian relative in new film

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James McLaren James McLaren | 10:17 UK time, Monday, 14 June 2010

The weird and wonderful career of Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys continues this summer with a strange, low-budget documentary film about tracing his distant family's life in .

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Separado!, directed by Rhys and Dylan Goch, follows his journey to the Argentinian-Welsh community in South America. He encounters distant relative and musician Rene Griffiths, whose 1970s career saw him become something of a star in his native land.

, "At worst, it's a Borat-style search for someone. At best, it's a musical road trip couched in a magical realist style."

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Seperado! is having its American première next week at the Los Angeles Film Festival and will be released in the UK later in the summer.

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