Por José Sarmiento Hinojosa
Un tema subyacente parece haber impregnado el programa de la última edición de Cinéma du Réel 2022. De de alguna manera, las preocupaciones sobre los efectos del colonialismo y el capitalismo y sus secuelas parecen manifestarse profundamente en las diferentes secciones del festival.
By José Sarmiento Hinojosa
A subjacent theme seems to have permeated the program of the latest edition of Cinéma du Réel: somehow the preoccupations on the effects of colonialism and capitalism and its aftermath seems to be manifesting deeply in the different sections of the festival. Arguably, not all the films in the programs address this issue head-on, but the latent marks of these particular elements in former colonized lands, and the situation in the different territories that are now within the geography post-pandemic/neoliberalist/late-stage capitalism countries, “late-developed” and “first world” ones, appear to be more tangible than ever. There is a necessity to address these stories, because behind this whole conglomerate of history-made-scar lies real human beings, attempting to somehow navigate the waters of the world they’ve received.
By Aldo Padilla
Ico Costa utilizes a similar planning when he shoots Alva, a film where we can see a man dwelling through the Portuguese forests, seeking shelter, small fruits or water from the river, a river whose sound defines the austerity of the film. Unlike Alonso’s films, Costa’s first feature allow us to be an auditory witness of the ominous crime of the lead character –despite giving few clues about the motives of the killings that he commits- only represented by shotgun shots we hear from a house door a woman just entered.
Por Aldo Padilla
Lisandro Alonso ha construido una filmografia en base a la premisa del hombre solitario que escapa de su pasado y que tiene como complice o enemigo a la naturaleza, ya sea el imponente y caluroso Chaco o la helada y desertica Tierra del Fuego, donde los distintos ermitaños suelen buscar la purgación de sus culpas a traves de un juez superior que es el universo manifestado en la naturaleza.
Director: Mónica Delgado Ch.
ISSN 2311-7451
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