UID:
kobvindex_ZLB15129727
Umfang:
1 DVD-Video (ca. 90 Min.)
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Tonformat: DD/Stereo (Guarani, span.)
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Bildformat: 1.85:1 ; 16:9 ; 4:3
Inhalt:
The first 35mm all-Paraguayan feature film in three decades, Paz Encina's Paraguayan Hammock could have been made a century ago̶albeit in black and white, with a pair of actors behind the screen presenting the movie's asynchronous dialogue. Commissioned as part of the New Crowned Hope Festival (a celebration of Mozart's 250th birthday), Encina's first feature has barely a handful of setups. It opens with a lengthy, static long shot in which an elderly peasant couple (Ramon Del Rio and Georgina Genes) emerge from the woods to hang their hammock in a clearing. "What is wrong with you?" one asks. Their words̶like all of the movie's dialogue̶are obviously post-dubbed and delivered in the indigenous Guaraní language. Encina occasionally cuts to the sky ("Is it going to rain?") and mixes the couple's rote bickering with the sounds of distant thunder and a barking dog. From their conversation, it gradually becomes apparent that their son is a soldier fighting in a war... And, with their repetitive conversation, the protagonists suggest a pair of Beckett characters. Inevitably, the movie comes full circle: As day ends, the old couple returns to their hammock̶once more seen in long shot. In the fading light, they expand their three topics of conversation (the dog, the weather, their son) to acknowledge death and even each other... Paraguayan Hammock is like a piece of music that improves with familiarity. Encino's modest exercise in "imperfect cinema" is close to universal but, as indifferent to the audience as the tree stump on which the old man rests his lantern, it will never be for every taste. (J. Hoberman, The Village Voice)
Anmerkung:
Ländercode: 0
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Orig.: Paraguay/Frankreich/Deutschland/Argentinien, 2006
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Extras (17 min.): Detrás de cámera
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Guarani und span. mit span. Untertiteln
Sprache:
Guarani
