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The Devil's Accordion
El acordeón del diablo
Switzerland, Germany
2000
90 Min
Color
1.77:1
Spanish
Subtitled in English
Audio in Spanish
Synopsis
Caribbean music great Pacho Rada, a real Gabriel Garcia Marquez character, journeys along Colombia’s coast for an inspiring voyage into the world of the musicians and singers. The famed 93-year-old accordion player explores the complex diversity of his native country, torn by poverty and violence and, at the same time, a fantastic realm of legends and captivating music. –Celluloid Dreams
Director
Stefan Schwietert
Stefan Schwietert was born in Esslingen in 1961 and grew up in Basel/Switzerland. He attended the German Film & Television Academy (dffb) in Berlin and graduated in 1991 with Jumping Out The Clouds (Sprung aus den Wolken). He has been working as a freelance filmmaker and editor in Basel and Berlin since 1991. His other films are: The Topolino Project (Das Topolino Projekt, short, 1986), Tapez 36-15 Code Cobra (short, 1987), Fualna 88, The Last Ten Days of a Campagne (video, 1988), Long Shadow – Jura Soyfer and His Contemporaries (Der Schatten ist lang, documentary, 1994), A Tickle In The Heart (documentary, 1996) and El Acordeón del diablo (2000). —filmportal.de
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dcifuen
11Oct09
Tengo que admitir que el vallenato nunca ha sido mi genero favorito, pero despues de ver esta excelente radiografía de esta parte de nuestro folklor colombiano, lo respeto y aprecio mucho más que antes. Da tristeza que las verdaderas estrellas como Pacho Rada, mueran en el olvido y en la anonimidad.
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