Sisyphus Complex: Trapero’s Latest Argentinean Melodrama Ironically Titled
Argentinean auteur Pablo Trapero returns with his latest, White Elephant, the last in what caps a trilogy depicting dire straights in Buenos Aires. With wife and muse Martina Gusman along for the ride, fellow countrymen and star Ricardo Darin, who also appeared in Trapero’s last film, 2010’s Carancho, returns for duty. And for a little international flavor, Belgian star Jérémie Renier provides us with an intriguing presence as leading man and protagonist. Trapero, insisting on showing us the degrading underbelly of Buenos Aires, doesn’t shy away here, but somehow doesn’t manage to strike any resonating moments with a somewhat predictable and calculated exploration of two slum priests involved with a housing project filmed in an actual slum.
Father Julian (Ricardo Darin) is desperately working on a housing project in the slums, located in close proximity to the rich and affluent district.
Argentinean auteur Pablo Trapero returns with his latest, White Elephant, the last in what caps a trilogy depicting dire straights in Buenos Aires. With wife and muse Martina Gusman along for the ride, fellow countrymen and star Ricardo Darin, who also appeared in Trapero’s last film, 2010’s Carancho, returns for duty. And for a little international flavor, Belgian star Jérémie Renier provides us with an intriguing presence as leading man and protagonist. Trapero, insisting on showing us the degrading underbelly of Buenos Aires, doesn’t shy away here, but somehow doesn’t manage to strike any resonating moments with a somewhat predictable and calculated exploration of two slum priests involved with a housing project filmed in an actual slum.
Father Julian (Ricardo Darin) is desperately working on a housing project in the slums, located in close proximity to the rich and affluent district.
- 9/14/2012
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
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