Réalisation:
Miguel LittinPhotographie:
Ricardo AronovichActeurs·trices:
Nelson Villagra, Katy Jurado, Alain Cuny, Didier Flamand, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Reynaldo Miravalles, Jacques Rispal, Gabriel Retes (plus)Résumés(1)
Sometime in the past but not a thing of the past, there is a fictitious Latin American country that could be each and any of them. Its president, residing in Old World Parisian splendour, receives news that back home a coup has been staged. So, to quell the uprising, he must return for a while. Once order is restored, he returns to his life of luxury – only to find out that news of his brutal campaign has made its way to Europe and so, he is no longer welcome there. But a new cycle of violence will change all that once again... Based on the eponymous 1976 novel by Alejo Carpentier, one of Cuba’s greatest writers, Miguel Littin creates a splendid, visually luscious and stunning master fable on the Latin American state of things – which is, of course, applicable to the rest of the world as well. The combination of Littin and Carpentier is more than fitting, particularly on a biographical level, considering that both spent many years in exile and created many of their best works abroad. Regis Debray, one of the leading Left-wing figures of the day and a known Unidad Popular-sympathiser, co-writing the scenario, perfectly rounds things off. (International Film Festival Rotterdam)
(plus)Acteurs·trices
Nelson Villagra
Chili
Meilleurs films :
La última cena (1976)
Le Chacal de Nahueltoro (1969)
Cecilia (1982)
Katy Jurado
Mexique
Meilleurs films :
Pat Garrett et Billy le Kid (1973)
Le Train sifflera trois fois (1952)
Le Cercle infernal (1955)
Alain Cuny
France
Meilleurs films :
La Dolce Vita (1960)
Le Christ s'est arrêté à Eboli (1979)
La Mafia (1984) (série)
Didier Flamand
France
Meilleurs films :
L'Animal (1977)
Les Ailes du désir (1987)
Les Choristes (2004)
Ernesto Gómez Cruz
Mexique
Meilleurs films :
L'Empire de la fortune (1986)
El infierno (2010)
Sandino (1990)
Reynaldo Miravalles
Cuba
Meilleurs films :
Dreaming of Julia (2003)
Alsino y el cóndor (1982)
La viuda de Montiel (1979)
Jacques Rispal
France
Meilleurs films :
Deux hommes dans la ville (1973)
L'Aveu (1970)
Le Chat (1971)
Gabriel Retes
Mexique
Meilleurs films :
Actes de Marusia (1976)
Salvador Sánchez
Mexique
Meilleurs films :
Salvador (1986)
El infierno (2010)
Actes de Marusia (1976)
Roger Cudney
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Total Recall (1990)
Rambo II : La mission (1985)
Cristeros (2012)