108

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108

2010

1h 33m

Documentary

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Rodolfo shares his story of being arrested and tortured under Paraguay's Stroessner dictatorship.

Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

Patiently photographed by Carlos Vsquez, who bestows the same gentle attention on grainy snapshots and the beautifully ruined face of an aging drag queen, "108" peels back layers of delusion and dishonesty.

Rated: 5/5

Mar 17, 2013

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Joseph Jon Lanthier

Slant Magazine

Renate Costa's doc gradually simplifies into an elaborate seesaw between general, journalistic scoopery and unabashedly personal confrontation.

Rated: 3/4

Mar 16, 2013

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Lily Janiak

Village Voice

Costa's grainy footage looks amateurish at times-at one point, she runs out of battery and the screen goes dark-but her rule-breaking is bold.

Mar 12, 2013

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

Emotionally powerful and provocative.

Rated: 8/10

Mar 28, 2013

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Louis Proyect

rec.arts.movies.reviews

A landmark documentary on gay people that will become a classic like "Before Stonewall" or "The Celluloid Closet". At once a great family drama and detective story.

Mar 19, 2013

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David Noh

Film Journal International

This glowingly effective and intelligently low-key documentary manages to be both a stirring family drama and a valuable depiction of gay life and history in Paraguay.

Mar 18, 2013

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Even though the narrative builds momentum and the discoveries pop up slowly, the story is told in a very straightforward way, so it feels closer to journalism than to cinema. Director and "star" Renate Costa is not a particularly gifted filmmaker, but her take on the oppressive Stroessner regime in Paraguay and the way its witch-hunt for homosexuals affected (and continues to affect) her conservative family is engrossing enough.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Synopsis

Rodolfo shares his story of being arrested and tortured under Paraguay's Stroessner dictatorship.

Director: Renate Costa
Producer: Susana Benito
Screenwriter: Renate Costa
Production Co: Estudi Playtime, Fodecica
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Spanish
Runtime: 1h 33m