The Lion (2008)
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Cast
as El Turu
as Álvaro
as Iribarren
as Gadea Padre
as Missionary 2
as Female Missionary
as Brother Missionary 1
as Brother Missionary 2
as Brother Missionary 3
as Sister Missionary
as Missionary
as Librarian
as Marinaro Julio
as Young of the Yacht
as The German
as Laura
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Otheguy might still be working out the convincing details of human nature, but one film in, he already has the hang of panoramic loneliness.
The evocative milieu and stunning cinematography both underscore Otheguy's atmosphere of isolation, but his lack of momentum, character development, and deepening of themes make us feel mighty alone, too. Maybe that's the point.
Determinedly shot in grainy black-and-white, with a bass clarinet portraying the unabashedly-queer bookbinder's life, director/writer Santiago Otheguy has crafted a loving portrait that few will have the patience to finish, much less understand.
Paced with a steady ebb and flow of tidal-like transitions, Santiago Otheguy's impressive debut feature juxtaposes images of natural order with human acts of destruction.
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