72nd San Sebastian Festival - 20/28 September 2023
71SSIFF - 22/30 September 2023
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Roberto G. Rivera
Mexico
113 min.
The bells ring sadly in a small Mexican village, while the humble peasants attend the funeral of the head of a family. When the widow reports that the little left by the deceased will be divided among all the debtors, most protest.One of the sons decides to go in search of work to Mexico City. Once he has stowed away to the city, where he offers to work multiple trades. From there he will come the nickname with which they call him. In the end, "Milusos (A thousand uses)" understands a peasant who with great sincerity and conviction convinces him that the only thing he must do is leave the big city, and return to his homeland to fight there with his people."Milusos" takes the road to his town, and as he walks away, he stops from a hill to contemplate for the last time the landscape of the great Mexico City. Faced with this image, he sourly makes the sign of violently joining his fist with his shoulder, which means that the whole world knows.
Bernard Safarik
Switzerland
90 min.
The film deals satirically with the different assimilation attempts of a Czech, a refugee in Switzerland. The affective problems of this person during the transition phase between emigration and integration.Ladislav Lapak is a Czech who, despite linguistic problems, has adapted magnificently to his new living conditions: which has led him to become a perfect Swiss, an enterprising citizen, when previously in his native country he was a genius and " live life". In his new homeland, his position allows him to use his old friend Alexander. A visit to his old friends in Prague reveals some interesting aspects to him. although they all disapprove of "real existing socialism", they only say this behind closed doors, they do not fight against it, but try to make the best personal use of the situation. His visit to Basel turns into a "shopping trip". Aledander, however, has neither the money nor the interest in acting as a "rich western consumerist." He is busy with two interesting projects. Paint a gigantic lantern for the Basel carnival and design a poster with a portrait of a dog race. In addition, he has enough to resolve his affective life with Elizabeth, who accuses him of taking his immigrant nightmares to the limit, with which fights are frequent. Lapak "the integrated" tries to help Alexander find his way, but it will cause everything contrary to what he proposes. Lapak will complicate your life, and will lead you to the most embarrassing situations.
Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Italy
188 min.
The film is divided into five episodes: L'altro figlio is the first and shows us the immigrants who are about to leave for America. The second titled Mal di luna, introduces us to a young man struggling on the floor screaming, his wife remains locked up at home in fear. In the third, La giara, the year is extraordinary for the harvesting of the olive crop, and the large courtyard of the farm is full of carts and unloading peasants. Disputes ensue. In the fourth episode, Requiem, we find ourselves in the sun-drenched square of a small Sicilian town. Here lives a small community that works and lives in this small corner. There is also a baron who owns all the land. And the ignorance of the farmers, that the only thing they claim is a cemetery. The fifth is the titled Colloquio con la madre, and it begins when a large locomotive emits smoke from her. soon it stops at a deserted station, a man with a small beard and a hat gets out of the carriages: "Luigi -a driver tells him-, I'll take you home". The man arrives and wanders from room to room, looking for his mother and his brothers.
Mrinal Sen
India
102 min.
Three friends leave the city for a few days to visit relatives who live in a small town. They discover immense ruins where a mother and her daughter live. The mother is blind, the daughter waits for her boyfriend because she has not kept her promise, and she attends to her mother in her long wait. One of the three friends is interested in the girl. Two worlds will meet and face each other: one that lives dedicated to a past, the other thinking only of living in the present.The description of that trip, that brief encounter and the complex consequences of this; betrayals and fidelities, toughness and compassion. All about the ruins of a heart loaded with sensuality.
Éric Rohmer
France
62 min.
Louise has always preferred to break off a relationship on her own initiative. As she says, she can't stand it when she "loves him too much". However, she can't stand living without love, since she has never been able to live alone. Louise defends herself against feelings unique to her. She wants to preserve a certain independence so that she can love and desire the other more strongly. The other is Rémi, the man she lives with. They love each other, but each one in her own way. Her rhythm of life is different: Louisa likes to go out at night and gets up late; and Remí, quite the opposite. Louise has found in Octave an attentive accomplice who is in love with her to accompany her at night. Louise loves her seduction, plays with her. She will succumb to Bastian's charm, the space of a moment. She gets a lot from the men around her. She is always in search of her own pleasure until she forgets what is important to her. What if the others and her partner get tired of waiting and are no longer as accessible? Louise is willing to take this risk.
John Cassavetes
USA
141 min.
Sarah is passionate, excessive, too much even for those closest to her. She has dedicated her entire life to her husband and her daughter, but they are about to separate. Jack and Debbie suffer from the intensity of Sarah's feelings. In Sarah's eyes, every moment is decisive, every conversation is capable of entertaining a lifetime. Robert is a famous writer of successful books whose theme is precisely women, his books deal with single women, prostitutes, singers, night owls. But loneliness and despair are not only his favorite subjects, they are part of his own life. His commonality with Sarah is his taste for the extreme. But while Sarah will be annihilated by her thirst for sincerity and truth, Robert seeks in life the destructive fury of a life to which he finds no true meaning. In any case, Robert and Sarah are what are called two characters, who, being desperate, apprehend all the things that life offers them, with courage and with their claws.
Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Brazil
185 min.
The subject of the film is a metaphor for Brazilian society. In the cramped space of the prison, the dynamics are somehow clear. The military middle class, the young, the old, the women, the Northwest, and the men, the South.The encounter with other prisoners, the common criminal, the thief, the bandit, the homosexual.Graciliano records all the data in his head, fights against his own prejudices and wishes to have a stay based on tolerance, generosity. Before being imprisoned, Graciliano experiences his dissatisfaction with his wife, with her work and the petty provincial society. For this reason, he comes to think that his imminent imprisonment would be a principle of freedom that would exempt him from all of this. He also thinks about the possibility of finishing his novel, in prison he will find material for his novel.Once released, this will not make her forget his prison memories. Those who remained there will have to recover their lost freedom.
Jirí Svoboda
Czechoslovakia
87 min.
Michal, the driver of an archaeological expedition, is a man withdrawn into himself. His psyche is marked by his former experiences in a concentration camp. These experiences prevent you from any kind of deep relationship. While archaeologists study long-vanished cultures, Michal struggles to find herself, and mainly to find meaning in her existence.A fundamental change is going to take place in his life. Barbara, wife of an English archeology professor, has war experiences similar to those of the protagonist. The similar past is an inevitable cause of rapprochement, but at the same time it is an insurmountable obstacle for a happy development of the situation. But, perhaps the approach of these two shipwrecked of life, will provide them with a release of emotional tension, as well as rehearse living again.Story of two people living in the present day, the monstrosity of fascism during World War II.
Dominique Cassuto, Salvador Bonet
Venezuela
90 min.
San Francisco de Tiznao is a small and dusty Venezuelan town that languishes waiting for its own end. It will be covered with a thick layer of concrete and replaced by a new town under construction. A small inhabitant of this town, Amaranta, does not want to see her inhabited landscape die. She wants to stay between her streets and houses known and loved by her. Hand in hand with her, the small place of imminent destruction is reconstructed in a dreamlike and mental way.
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