Guerillas in the Mist: Rugeles Explores the Jungles in Labored Sophomore Effort
An intriguing perspective within a terrifying environment initially makes for a compelling scenario in Alias Maria, the sophomore film from Colombian director Jose Luis Rugeles. We glimpse the internal operations of guerilla warfare within the South American country’s bitter conflict through the eyes of a thirteen year old female soldier as she’s charged with a mission concerning the transport of a leader’s newborn infant son. As intense as something like this may sound, Rugeles pares down the scenario to craft more of a character study. But absent a few sequences of dialogue, the stupor of the protagonist and the numbing repetition of the guerilla’s daily activities tend to make this a chore to sit through.
Maria (newcomer Karen Torres) belongs to a small guerrilla unit of soldiers lodged deep in the Colombian jungle. At the tender age of thirteen,...
An intriguing perspective within a terrifying environment initially makes for a compelling scenario in Alias Maria, the sophomore film from Colombian director Jose Luis Rugeles. We glimpse the internal operations of guerilla warfare within the South American country’s bitter conflict through the eyes of a thirteen year old female soldier as she’s charged with a mission concerning the transport of a leader’s newborn infant son. As intense as something like this may sound, Rugeles pares down the scenario to craft more of a character study. But absent a few sequences of dialogue, the stupor of the protagonist and the numbing repetition of the guerilla’s daily activities tend to make this a chore to sit through.
Maria (newcomer Karen Torres) belongs to a small guerrilla unit of soldiers lodged deep in the Colombian jungle. At the tender age of thirteen,...
- 6/2/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
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