Entangling Shadows (1998)

5.8/10 93 min Documentary

Overview

Documentary that celebrates 100 years of cinema in Latin America and talks about the origins and the development of cinema in this subcontinent. Its structure is based in 12 short films directed by various Latin American directors. These are: 1) "Los inicios", Iván Trujillo 2) "Cuando comenzamos a hablar", María Novaro 3) "Jugando en serio", Jacobo Morales 4) "De cuerpo presente [Las espirales perpetuas del placer y el poder] Cine Mexicano [1931- 1997]", Marcela Fernández Violante 5) "Cuando quisimos ser adultos", Edmundo Aray and David Rodríguez 6) "Cinema Novo", Orlando Senna 7) "Memorias de una isla, Juan Carlos Tabío 8) "Un grito, 24 cuadros por segundo", Julio García-Espinosa 9) "El día de la independencia", Federico García 10) "¿Sólo las formas permanecen?", Fernando Birri and Pablo Rodríguez Gauregui 11) "Todo final es un principio", Andrés Marriquín.

Cast

Gabriel García Márquez

Self

René Monclova

Self

Jacobo Morales

Self

Idalia Pérez Garay

Doña Barbara

Johanna Rosaly

Maria Candelaria

Pilar Miró

Self

Robert Redford

Self

Maria Bethânia

Self

Michael Chanan

Self

Costa-Gavras

Self

Glauber Rocha

(voice)

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