No One Writes to the Colonel

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johann m @Johann33 10/01/2021 🇲🇽 Basada en la novela de Gabriel García Márquez del mismo nombre, esta célebre historia sobre un viejo coronel que espera la pensión que nunca llega y malvive en una casa con su esposa y su gallo, fue llevada a la pantalla grande por el director mexicano Arturo Ripstein, y aunque la historia es adaptada en un entorno mexicano y no colombiano, logra contar la misma historia del libro. Sin embargo, su tercer acto puede llegar a ser un tanto repetitivo y tedioso y no alcanza a superar las expectativas del espectador. El realismo cruel y las metáforas que maneja la novela se pierden un poco en su adaptación. See more 05/13/2017 García Márquez addresses familiar themes and social violence through a theatrical adaptation that feels to the bones - The symbols employed enrich the mechanics of a couple facing the ambitions of those around them and the stormy tortures that the death of their son has inherited them. 93/100 See more 12/17/2010 very slow in the story, it not catchs Gabo spirit See more 07/01/2009 It was an incredibly sad, depressing and poignant movie. I did love the colonel and his wife, but the fact no good news ever came, and that the ending broke my heart, made me really wish I hadn't started watching this movie. The villagers were harsh people, and Salma Hayek was great as the streetwalker who loved their son, but I think the real credit goes to the Colonel and his wife for their portrayal of despair and love through it all. If you can handle a real tear-jerker, a great film. A See more 05/30/2009 En verdad solo por el tema , por ke me parecio demasiado "plana" See more 02/15/2009 As bad as "love in the time of cholera" what is gonna be next a remake of Rulfo's "Pedro Paramo" with Gael Garcia Bernal. Ripstein is great making a film like "Principio y Fin" See more Read all reviews

No One Writes to the Colonel

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