El violin (2005)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.9/10   

Réalisateur:

Francisco Vargas

Scénariste:

Francisco Vargas (writer)

Release Date:

3 janvier 2007 (France)

Genre:

Drame | Music

Plot:

In an unnamed Latin American country that closely resembles Mexico, the government fights a rural insurgency with torture...

Plot Keywords:

Violin | Rebel | Ammunition | Soldier | Assault

Awards:

24 wins & 7 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Viva La Cinema, Mexicana

Ensemble

Ángel Tavira	...	Don Plutarco
Gerardo Taracena	...	Genaro
Dagoberto Gama	...	Capitán
Mario Garibaldi	...	Lucio
Fermín Martínez	...	Teniente
Silverio Palacios	...	Comandante Cayetano
Octavio Castro	...	Zacarías
Mercedes Hernández	...	Jacinta
Gerardo Juárez	...	Pedro
Ángeles Cruz	...	Jefa Guerrilera 1
Norma Pablo	...	Jefa Guerrilllera 2
Ariel Galvan	...	Joaquín
Amorita Rasgado	...	Prostitutas
María Elena Olivares	...	Doña Lupe
Esteban Castellanos	...	Manuel
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
José Aviles	...	Campesinos torturados
Carlos Balderrama	...	Soldado
Francisco Casasola	...	Cabo
José Castilla	...	Soldatos
Carolina Cervantes	...	Prostitutas
Cornelia Cruz	...	Vendedora
Cristina Domínguez	...	Despazada
Jimena Dominguez	...	Nina del final
Manuel Dominguez	...	Jovene Golpeados
Mauricio Dominguez	...	Jovene Golpeados
Benito Hernandez	...	Campesinos cantina
Cristian Martínez	...	Campesinos torturados
Justo Martínez

Réalisé par
Francisco Vargas

Scénaristes (in alphabetical order)
Francisco Vargas		writer

Produit par
Ángeles Castro	....	producer
Hugo Rodríguez	....	producer
Francisco Vargas	....	producer

Musique originale
Armando Rosas
Cuauhtémoc Tavira

Image
Martín Boege
Oscar Hijuelos

Montage
Ricardo Garfias
Francisco Vargas

Direction artistique
Claudio Contreras

Création des costumes
Rafael Ravello

Maquillage
Rubén Molina	....	makeup artist

Technicien du son
Eric Dounce	....	co-sound designer
Esteban Golubicki	....	foley recordist
Enrique Greiner	....	sound designer
Isabel Muñoz	....	sound (as Isabel Muñoz Cota)

Divers
Ramirez Francisco Juan Antonio	....	production accountant
Veronica Novelo	....	production coordinator

Production Companies

• Camara Carnal
• Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC)
• Fidecine

Distributors

• Bodega Films (2007) (France) (theatrical)
• Canana Films (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
• Film Movement (2007) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Filmfreak Distributie (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Filmoptimistene (2007) (Norway) (theatrical)
• Manana (2007) (Poland) (all media)
• Pachamama Cine (2007) (Argentina) (theatrical)

Autre(s) titre(s):

The Violin (International: English title) (USA) (new title)
Le violon (France) [fr]

Durée:

98 min

Pays:

Mexico

Langue:

Espagnol

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc

Son:

Dolby Digital

Classification:

Brazil:16 | Argentina:16 | Netherlands:12

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Rancho San Isidro, Ixtapaluca, Estado de México, Mexico

Company:

Camara Carnal

Anecdotes:

First feature film by director Francisco Vargas

Viva La Cinema, Mexicana

My hat's off to this little,but powerful film from Mexico. 'El Violin' (or as it's being called in it's U.S. release,'The Violin')is a powerful political potboiler about an unnamed Latin American village, being bullied by government troops (sound only too familiar?),against an elderly musician,minus one hand, who still manages to play violin by tying the bow to the stump of his missing hand. This film is being compared to Ken Loach's 'The Wind That Shakes The Barley', but reminds me more of certain unpleasant events that took place in Central America back in the 1980's (does El Salvador strike a familiar chord?). The film is shot in black & white, giving it a look that may remind you of some of the classic Italian dramas (post realist) of post WWII (hint: DeSica's 'Bitter Grapes'). Although the film was completed in 2005, it is just now getting something resembling distribution. A film that is well worth seeking out.