Dark Skull / Viejo Calavera - Theater #6
AMC River East 21
322 E Illinois St, Chicago, IL, US
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Dark Skull/Viejo Calavera – Genre: Drama
Bolivia/Qatar/2016/77 min.
Directed by Kiro Russo
Spanish w/ English Subtitles
Winner of the Best Picture award at this year’s Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival and set among the tin mines of Huanuni in Bolivia’s Oruro region and featuring a cast of mostly nonprofessional actors, some of them actual miners, Kiro Russo’s impressionistic, dreamlike feature film debut centers on Elder, a perpetual screw-up who moves in with his grandmother after his father dies. His godfather, Francisco, secures a job for him in the mining company his father worked for; Elder, however, skips work daily. His co-workers know a thing or two about Francisco’s relationship with Elder’s deceased father, setting the stage for a confrontation between both son and godfather.
Ganadora del premio a la Mejor Película en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias, el debut cinematográfico de Kiro Russo se lleva a cabo en las minas de estaño en la región de Oruro, Bolivia y cuenta con un elenco de, en su mayoría, actores no profesionales, algunos de ellos mineros. El bueno para nada de Elder se va a vivir con su abuela tras la muerte de su padre. Su padrino, Francisco, le consigue un trabajo en la compañía minera para la que trabajó su padre, pero Elder falta al trabajo con regularidad. Sus compañeros de trabajo saben una cosa o dos acerca de la relación de Francisco con el difunto padre de Elder, allanando el camino para una confrontación entre ambos.
Shown with: Nobody is Bad After Dead/No Hay Muerto Malo (Short)
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