Madeinusa

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Audience Member Steeped in an isolated Peruvian village that may or may not exist, the film feels more mythological than actual. The claustrophobia, grinding poverty, superstition, relentless diagetic music, and often surreal imagery with a descent into madness is a wicked brew. It's patient and sneaky. Story details are opaque, often rendered off screen. Who are these actors!? Shades of Bunuel. Unique, difficult, marvelous. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Wow, ahora veo que gran escritora es Claudia Llosa. No esperaba tanta profundidad, ya que vi La Teta Asustada primero que esta, Madeinusa es una historia con problemas que sobrepasan las fronteras geograficas y culturales. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member Como documento antropológico, Madeinusa (2006) funciona mucho, incluso si no ha sido ese el principal objetivo de su realizadora, Claudia Llosa. De hecho, su película me pareció más interesante a ese nivel que su historia. La trama se siente poco más que un pretexto para documentar las festividades religiosas de un pequeño pueblo de Perú. Ahí vive la protagonista que da nombre al título, Madeinusa (Magaly Solier), una adolescente indígena de dulce voz, quien vive con su hermana y su padre, el cual, además de ser el alcalde del pueblo abusa sexualmente de ella. Su madre partió a Lima y la bautizó con tal nombre luego de ver la frase en un anuncio. Cuando llega al pueblo accidentalmente un joven geólogo (Carlos de la Torre), la vida de la chica tendrá un giro, en medio de las agitaciones intolerantes de la población ante la llegada de un "extranjero". Más en pantallanueve.blogspot.com Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Most non-latinos or very urban persons must think this is just fiction and what a way to portray rural peruvian people. Llosa impresses me when she takes vernacular traditions to a movie. I haven't heard of the one of the potato in her 2nd movie, but the one about "god being dead" it is not new to me. Nor the heavy and erratic behavior of rural people when they drink for 3 or 4 days in a row. Who needs horror movies, when you have a well told story about abuse, false believes and misconceptions? Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member I didn't like this movie at all. I just couldn't make myself finish it. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/28/23 Full Review Audience Member What I didn't like is that the picture of indians is one of ignorance and evil. Ponen a los indígenas como ignorantes y de mal corazón. ¿No todos tenemos un poco de esto? Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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