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Apursansar's Latin American Film Canon

By: apursan​sar

ARGENTINA

most significant films: Nobleza gaucha (Gaucho Nobility, Humberto Cairo, Ernesto Gunche & Eduardo Martínez de la Pera, 1915); Prisioneros de la tierra (Prisoners of the Land, Mario Soffici, 1939); Los isleros (The Islanders, Lucas Demare, 1951); Si muero antes de despertar (If I Die Before Awakening, Carlos Hugo Christensen, 1952); Las aguas bajan turbias (Turbid Waters Coming Down, Hugo del Carril, 1952); La casa del ángel (The House of the Angel, Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, 1957); Rosaura a las 10: (Rosaura at 10 o’clock, Mario Soffici, 1958); Tire dié (Throw Me a Dime, Fernando Birri, 1958); La caída (The Fall, Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, 1959); La mano en la trampa (The Hand in the Trap, Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, 1961); Los inundados (Flooded Out, Fernando Birri, 1961); La cifra impar (Odd Number, Manuel Antón, 1962); Crónica de un niño solo (Chronicle of a Boy Alone, Leonardo Favio, 1964); El Romance del Aniceto y la Francisca (The Romance of Aniceto and Francisca, Leonardo Favio, 1966); La hora de los hornos (The Hour of the Furnaces, Fernando E. Solanas & Octavio Getino, 1968); Invasión (Invasion, Hugo Santiago, 1969); Los traidores (The Traitors, Raymundo Gleyzer, 1973); La Patagonia rebelde (Rebellion in Patagonia, Héctor Olivera, 1974); La tregua (The Truce, Sergio Renán, 1974); Nazareno Cruz y el lobo (The Nazarene Cross and the Wolf, Leonardo Favio, 1975); Tiempo de revancha (Time for Revenge, Adolfo Aristarain, 1981); Señora de nadie (Nobody’s Wife, María Luisa Bemberg, 1982); La historia oficial (The Official Story, Luis Puezo, 1984); ); Esperando la carroza (Waiting for the Hearse, Alejandro Doria, 1985); Hombre mirando al sudeste (Man Facing Southeast, Eliseo Subiela, 1985); La noche de los lápices (The Night of the Pencils, Héctor Olivera, 1986); La deuda interna (Verónico Cruz, Miguel Pereira, 1987); Sur (South, Fernando E. Solanas, 1988); “El lado oscuro del corazón” (The Dark Side of the Heart, Eliseo Subiela, 1992); “Un lugar en el mundo” (A Place in the World, Adolfo Aristarain, 1992); “Rapado” (Worn-Out, Martín Rejtman, 1992); “El acto en cuestión” (The Act in Question, Alejandro Agresti, 1993); “Sol de otoño” (Autumn Sun, Eduardo Mignogna, 1996); “Picado fino” (Fine Powder, Esteban Sapir, 1996); “Silvia Prieto” (Silvia Prieto, Martín Rejtman, 1999); La ciénaga (The Swamp, Lucrecia Martel, 2000); “Bolivia” (Bolivia, Adrián Caetano, 2001); “La libertad” (Liberty, Lisandro Alonso, 2001); “Nadar solo” (Swimming Alone, Ezequiel Acuña, 2001); “Extraño” (Strange, Santiago Loza, 2002); “El abrazo partido (Lost Embrace, Daniel Burman, 2003); “La niña santa” (The Holy Girl, Lucrecia Martel, 2003); “Los rubios” (The Blonds, Albertina Carri, 2003); “Los muertos” (The Dead, Lisandro Alonso, 2004); “Otra vuelta” (Santiago Palavecino, 2005); “Crónica de una fuga” (Chronicle of an Escape, Adrián Caetano, 2006); “Fantasma” (Phantasm, Lisandro Alonso, 2006); “La antena” (The Aerial, Esteban Sapir, 2007); “La león” (The Lion, Santiago Otheguy, 2007); “Historias extraordinarias” (Extraordinary Stories, Mariano Llinás, 2008); “La mujer sin cabeza” (The Headless Woman, Lucrecia Martel, 2008); “Liverpool” (Liverpool, Lisandro Alonso, 2008); “El secreto de sus ojos” (The Secret of Their Eyes, Juan José Campanella, 2009); Las acacias (The Acacias, Pablo Giorgelli, 2011); “Abrir puertas y ventanas” (Back to Stay, Milagros Mumenthaler, 2011)

BOLIVIA

Most significant films: Wara-Wara (Wara-Wara, José María Velasco Maidana, 1930); Vuelve Sebastiana (Come Back, Sebastiana, Jorge Ruiz & Augusto Roca, 1953); La vertiente (The Slope, Jorge Ruiz, 1958); Ukamau (And So It Is!, Jorge Sanjinés, 1966); Yawar Mallku (The Blood of the Condor, Jorge Sanjinés, 1969); El coraje del pueblo (Jorge Sanjinés, 1971); Chuquiago (Four Faces of a City, Antonio Eguino, 1977); Las banderas del amanecer (The Flags of Dawn, Jorge Sanjinés, 1982); Mi socio (My Partner, Paolo Agazzi, 1982); Los hermanos Cartagena (The Brothers Cartagena, Paolo Agazzi, 1984); Tinku (The Encounter, Juan Miranda, 1985); La nación clandestina (The Clandestine Nation, Jorge Sanjinés, 1989); Para recibir el canto de los pájaros (The Bird’s Singing, Jorge Sanjinés, 1995); Cuestión de fe (Question of Faith, Marcos Loayza, 1995); El día que murió el silencio (The Day Silence Died, Paolo Agazzi, 1998); Escrito en el agua (Written in Water, Marcos Loayza, 1999); Dependencia sexual (Sexual Dependency, Rodrigo Bellot, 2003); El corazón de Jesús (The Heart of Jesus, Marcos Loayza, 2004); Quien mató a la llamita blanca? (Who Killed the WWhite Llama, Rodrigo Bellot, 2006); Los Andes no creen en Dios (The Andes Don’t Believe in God, Antonio Eguino, 2007); El estado de las cosas (The State of Things, Marcos Loayza, 2007); Cocalero (Cocalero, Alejandro Landes, 2007); Zona sur (Southern District, Juan Carlos Valdivia, 2009)

to be continued…

most looking forward to…

Porto das Caixas (Paulo Cesar Saraceni, Brasil 1962)
Ganga Zumba (Carlos Diegues, Brasil 1963)
O Desafio (Paulo Cesar Saraceni, Brasil 1965)
As Amorosas (Walter Hugo Khouri, Brasil 1968)
Memória de Helena (David Neves, Brasil 1969)
O Bravo Guerreiro (Gustavo Dahl, Brasil 1969)
Voto más fusil (Helvio Soto, Chile 1970)
Mar de rosas (Ana Carolina, Brasil 1977)
Cabra Marcado Para Morrer (Eduardo Coutinho, Brasil 1985)
Imagen latente (Pablo Perelman, Chile 1988)

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mais1

12Nov11

Fantastic list.

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Kenji

2Nov11

This is all the more important for mubi with Ralch's list gone.

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    apursansar

    2Nov11

    Maybe when I find the time I will add the most relevant Latin American films by country in the description above. It doesn't look like Ralch's list is coming back, and we could do well with some kind of general overview on here.

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Kenji

18Sep11

There are so many countries whose films i need to explore more- and a lot of them are in Latin America. At present i've got several Indian films lined up in mail rental list; it's a pity Latin American films are less easy to get hold of here.

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javier quintero

18Dec10

Increíble lista, Marc. Quiero ver especialmente los filmes venezolanos. Y en general, debo ver más de la mitad :)

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