Tag Archives: Latin America

Isidora Urrejola in “Drama” [2010 Chile]

Posted on January 28, 2011 by TR

Chilean director Matias Lira’s debut feature, “Drama” is set in a drama school, where the students are encouraged to adopt the ‘Artaud’ method of acting by their professor – experiencing life to the full, so that they could free themselves and ‘become’ the characters … Continue reading →

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Ana de la Reguera in “Hidalgo – La Historia Jamás Contada” [2010 Mexico]

Posted on January 14, 2011 by TR

.   Antonio Serrano’s 2010 biopic of Mexican priest-turned-revolutionary Miguel Hildalgo is more about his personal life than his conquests, and therefore aptly named, “Hidalgo – La Historia Jamás Contada” [Eng. Title: Hidalgo – The Untold Story].  While the film is fairly well … Continue reading →

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Cristina Umaña in “Malamor” [2003 Colombia]

Posted on January 9, 2011 by TR

Colombian director Jorge Echeverri’s 2003 drama, “Malamor” [Eng. Title: Bad Love] is one intensely freaky film. We use the expression “madly in love” casually these days – but this film literally depicts such a scenario. Impressionable teenager Lisa disrupts her studies and … Continue reading →

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Analía Couceyro in “La Rabia” [2008 Argentina]

Posted on January 1, 2011 by TR

Albertina Carri’s drama “La Rabia” [Eng. Title: Anger] is set in a small farming community somewhere amidst the vastness of the Argentinian Pampas. The story centres around feuding neighbours – one’s a widowed father living with his son, and one’s … Continue reading →

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Scenes from El Mural, by Héctor Olivera [Argentina/Mexico, 2010]

Posted on December 9, 2010 by TR

Veteran Argentinean director Héctor Olivera created this biopic of a famous Mexican-born painter, David Alfaro Siqueiros. The film is set in the early 20th century when his close friend in Buenos Aires invites him over. A staunch idealist and believer in art for the public ends … Continue reading →

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