UID:
kobvindex_ZLB13793183
Format:
1 DVD Video (ca. 90 Min.) : s/w
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Tonformat: Dolby Digital (span.), NTSC
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1 Beil.
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Bildformat: Fullscreen
ISBN:
1565804244
Content:
Crossing into the realm of middle-age, Pablo Trapero's Mundo Grua (Crane World, 1999) follows the affectionate Rulo, a 50-year-old former bass player who now operates a huge crane on a construction site in downtown Buenos Aires. Rulo shares laughs with his friends, embarks on a love affair with Adriana, a lively woman who runs a kiosk, and tries his best to keep his teenage son out of trouble. All is well until he suddenly loses his job and is forced to leave the city to find employment. He heads south to Patagonia for work only to end up grappling with loneliness and despair. Photographed in black and white with a largely amateur cast and no formal script, Mundo Grua has a gritty neorealist sensibility. The images of workers, their faces weathered by years of arduous labor, are sharp reminders of the cost, in human terms, of unchecked development. While discussing the film, Trapero noted that the number of cranes in use in a city corresponded to the city's well-being. "Cranes are a symbol of progress and, from this point of view, the film contains a paradox. The protagonist, who gradually loses everything he has, works with a machine that represents the opposite of what is happening to him." (Bright Lights Journal"
Note:
Ländercode: 1
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Span. mit engl. Untertiteln
Language:
Spanish
Author information:
Canaro, Francisco
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