La Historia Oficial was directed in 1985 by Luis Puenzo. The movie was filmed in and takes place in Argentina. The movie begins with a crowd of people singing the Argentinian National Anthem and paying tribute to the country they love. Argentina is a country of freedom, equality and “broken chains” according to the anthem. The movie follows the life of an upper middle class couple who seem to be well off. Roberto (the husband) works as a wealthy business man, and Alicia (his wife) works at a boys prep school as a History teacher. Roberto and Alicia have a five year old daughter named Gabby whom they adopted from the hospital just after her birth (after years of failed attempts at trying to have their own baby). La Historia Oficial is significant if one is interested in understanding a part of Argentinian history which is often concealed by those who are unaware of the brutality inflicted by the Argentinian government in the 1970’s. When we first are introduced to Alicia we see that she is a stickler for the rules and loves structure. She tells her students that only the things within the history books will be discussed in her classroom. The students believed that history books were full of lies and nonsense and were written by assassins but Alicia just believes the boys are foolish. When Ana (a good friend of Alicia) comes to visit, Alicia questions why Ana had left the country without so much as a goodbye. Ana tells Alicia that she had been kidnapped and held captive by the government for over a month and tortured. After Ana was released, she fled the country. Ana tells her that many people had been held captive as well. Ana reveals that among those who were taken captive were many pregnant women, who had their babies taken aw... ... middle of paper ... ...oint that the viewer realizes that little Gabby may never know the truth about what has happened to her mother and father. This movie was beautifully produced. I don’t believe another director could have done as good of a job as Luis Puenzo did. I believe Puenzo was able to bring this story to life and allow us to be able to really relate to each character intricately because he lived through the uncertainty and witnessed the agony faced by many, and he made all of the emotions real through this work. I also believe that having actors and actresses that lived through the experience was an excellent move. I would definitely recommend this movie to anyone who is looking to learn a little bit about Argentinian culture and history, or to anyone who is simply looking for some quality entertainment. La Historia Oficial is a masterpiece that should be enjoyed by many.
Just when Alicia was about to be shot, Milek took a gun from one of the shooters and began shooting other officers. Alicia took advantage of this opportunity, as she had many others, and ran for her life. She ran fast and far until she found herself coming into a town which was surrounded by tilled fields. She discovered she could work in exchange for a small amount of food. She worked hard in these fields and was able to let her mother in Buczacz know that she was safe.
The movie, “The Perfect Dictatorship” (“La Dictadura Perfecta”), directed and produced by Luis Estrada and released in 2014, is a political, satirical comedy story of two reporters attempting to repair the image of a corrupt governor after he signs a deal with the boss of their television company, Television Mexicana. That’s one way we could describe the plot of the movie. Another would be that the movie depicts the inherent corruption of the Mexican government and the lengths to which they will go to retain (or regain) their reputation. Equally, we could see the movie as a demonstration of the corruption of the Mexican media and the ways in which the media influences and effects politics. In fact, the
El rasgo final es que como hay algo crónico en esta historia. Como del principio del accidente hasta el final cuando muere, hay mucha suspensión, pero dar cosas en listas que ayuda a los lectores. Esta disque lista es buena para ver fácilmente que esta pasando y entender la historia mas. Como entendemos los problemas interior y exterior con todas las imágenes, todo esta en una estructura que queda como un rompe cabeza. Todo esta organizado bien y fluye las historia con la drama.
History usually forces itself into the present in Juan Jose Campanella’s film “El Secreto De Sus Ojos” (The Secret in Their Eyes). Although it was filmed in 2009, the story is an attempted memorization of the violent reality in 1970-1980s Argentina, an era in which the country was rapidly sinking into military rule-ship. Campanella offers flashbacks into Argentina’s dark days, a period where violence homicide, rape and injustices ruled. Through memory, the film narrate a era in which it was impossible to be an innocent person as the innocents were falsely accused, tortured and even murdered for crimes they never committed, all these for the whims of those in power. Even though, the film is set in the 1970s, it does not call immediate attention to the animosity, the hopeless feeling and the constant struggle between the desire to forget vs. the attempts to remember the chaos and confusion of these years. However, through the use of memory Campanella allow the views to portray an almost perfect picture of what happened in Argentina.
To begin, Romano, Benjamín’s rival symbolizes the corruption present within the Argentinean judicial system. In attempting to quickly close Liliana Coloto’s case, he frames two innocent laborers and orders that they be beaten (Campanella, The Secret in Their Eyes). Romano believes himself above the law and perpetuates a cycle of injustice and violence throughout the film. S...
Valle-Inclán and Lorca have both been very influential and important figures of the twentieth century Spanish theatre. During their time, the theatre was mainly made up of bourgeois theatregoers who did not enjoy thought provoking plays, but preferred a theatre that was conventional and contemporary. Both Valle and Lorca departed from convention and showed freedom in their style of writing, therefore earning their reputation of dramatists of utmost importance, respect and originality, who not only brought new trends to the Spanish theatre, but also embodied the signs of change and hope for the Spanish stage.
For a long time, Naomi’s family have kept their mouths closed about the traumatic experiences that they have suffered. Shoenut explains that because of Naomi’s actions of staying silent, she gains influence from them and represents the product of staying quiet. Towards the end of the novel, Naomi knows better. Shoenut also argues that Naomi’s traumatic past made her a better person.
Zucchi, Oscar, Héctor Ernie, and Luis Sierra. La Historia Del Tango: El Bandoneón. Buenos Aires: Ediciones Corregidor, 1977.
The first thing I will go over is the actors. Overall, they did a fantastic job and portrayed the characters well. Zachery Schaftlein, who played Father Brenden Flynn, and Abigail Elmore, Sister Aloysius Beauvier, both did a fantastic job in their roles. I loved the
.... The action flows so seamlessly between the two elements that they often seem like aligned narratives rather than a mise-en-abîme. This flawlessness is used as a great outcome, further emphasizing that human cruelty is nothing new. It's easy to forget that Atuey, Columbus, Las Casas, Montesinos, etc. are actors playing roles-within-roles because they seem just as "real" as Costa, Sebastian and Daniel. The film's entire cast is incredible, but the star was Juan Carlos Aduviri, he gave both Atuey and Daniel distinct identities with a few common traits. Daniel and Atuey are both forthright rebels, but they have dissimilarities and (including living centuries apart). As an activist for morality and equality who believes in speaking truth to power, I found Even the Rain especially impactful. This film is certain to inspire many of us to keep fighting for what is right.
The New Latin American Cinema emerged mostly out of the countries of Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico during a time period when there was a large amount of hot button issues, and radical revolutions in Latin America and all over the world. The 1960’s brought about a considerable volume of change and questioning within the film industry and as a result, it gave birth to playing with conventional American formulaic films. These changes allowed for Latin American filmmakers to represent their people in a much more realistic fashion, instead of compromising culture for the sake of ticket sales. These films were intended to provoke discussion within the people by representing real and raw imagery on the screen. New Latin American Cinema is the
Although I enjoyed the main portion of the movie, there were some obvious likes and dislikes in my opinion. I believe that I learned from this movie and it helped me understand more of what the people of that time were feeling.
The book and the movie were both very good. The book took time to explain things like setting, people’s emotions, people’s traits, and important background information. There was no time for these explanations the movie. The book, however, had parts in the beginning where some readers could become flustered.
Baz Luhrmann has done this film in a unique and brilliant way, with help of the above, and of course a great loved story as a base.
...movie that I fell in love with. But most of all I love how the story line is a great overlap into the cinematically engaging movie. There is a great use of camera, timing, shots and story line that are portrayed in this movie without being too overwhelming. This allows the audience to relax during the movie and just take in the scenes as a story from reality. To this day, and even still doing this paper I still come to find different aspects of the movie that I missed the previous times I have watched it.