Madeinusa (2006)
Madeinusa (2006)
DVDRip | AVI | 592x320 | XviD @ 835 Kbps | 99 min | 698 Mb
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Genre: Drama
DVDRip | AVI | 592x320 | XviD @ 835 Kbps | 99 min | 698 Mb
Audio: Español MP3 @ 128 Kbps | Subs: English (srt)
Genre: Drama
Director: Claudia Llosa
Writer: Claudia Llosa
Stars: Magaly Solier, Carlos J. de la Torre, Yiliana Chong
Madeinusa is a girl aged 14 with a sweet Indian face who lives in an isolated village in the Cordillera Blanca Mountain range of Peru. This strange place is characterized by its religious fervor. From Good Friday at three o'clock in the afternoon (the time of day when Christ died on the cross) on Easter Sunday, the whole village can do whatever it feels like. During the two holy days sin does not exist: God is dead and can't see what is happening. Everything is accepted and allowed, without remorse. Year after year, Madeinusa and her sister Chale, and her father Don Cayo, the Mayor and local big shot, maintain this tradition without questioning it. However, everything changes with the arrival in the village of Salvador, a young geologist from Lima, who will unknowingly change the destiny of the girl.
IMDB - 11 wins
A brilliant absurdist fantasy about a Peruvian village that takes the gap between Christ's death and resurrection as the focal point of Holy Week. This directorial debut of Claudia Llosa stays on the real side of Magical Realism, but that movement's influence is seen throughout this film. When "God is dead" (and not watching) people can do some very wrong things. If you are easily outraged or offended maybe this film is not for you, may I recommend some classics with Doris Day or Pat Boone? I enjoyed how it took that sensibility that one finds in people of remote villages anywhere in the world and let its reasoning loose on the essence of of Easter. A very entertaining film, watch it as fantasy not an indictment of anything or anyone.
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Madeinusa (2006)
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