El gran movimiento
At once a hallucinogenic trip, a spiritual tour, and a metaphysical journey, EL GRAN MOVIMIENTO is a cinematic experience in the truest sense of the word. A film within a film consisting of two separate stories that connect in unusual ways, the new movie by the Bolivian director of VIEJO CALAVERA centers on a pair of characters as a way of narrating La Paz and its surroundings. The aerial views and the images captured from the cable car that connects the city with El Alto show it as an infernal cauldron of people, sounds, and colors, with tall, newly constructed buildings coexisting with dark wastelands and abandoned areas. Closer shots reveal a hectic city and a market full of people constantly on the move: street sales and union demands, crowded buses honking, dodging cars and people. Russo’s camera creates a vital symphony of urban decadence, full of economic contrasts, to tell the story of Elder, a sick man who is looking for work but seems consumed by the city and its weird powers, and Max, a healer and con-man who may or not help him get better. But most of all, this is a film about a city full of fury, but also of mystery and a lysergic kind of magic. (Diego Lerer)
Kiro Russo: ENTERPRISE (2010, K), JUKU (2011, K), NEW LIFE (2015, K), DARK SKULL (2016)
- Julio César Ticona
- Max Eduardo Bautista Uchasara
- Francisca Arce de Aro
- Israel Hurtado
- Gustavo Milán Ticona
- Kiro Russo
- Pablo Paniagua
- Mauricio Quiroga
- Mercedes Tenina
- Juan Pedro Razzari
- Emmanuel Croset
- Kiro Russo
- Pablo Paniagua
- Félipe Galvez
- Miguel Llanque
- Midnight Driver
- Anton Vlasov
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