Tropical storm Hermine had moved on by the second night of aGLIFF, leaving behind a muddy Lamar Boulevard and muggy air and making way for another enthusiastic crowd at the festival. The crowd was just the right size at the two screenings I attended; the theaters were nearly full but not sold out, so no one was turned away.
My first screening of the evening was the Argentinian import El Último Verando de la Boyita (The Last Summer of the Boyita), a lyrical, visually captivating coming-of-age story with a highly unusual twist. Jorgelina (Guadalupe Alonso) is a young girl suffering through the difficult time between young childhood and adolescence. She travels with her father to the family's ranch, where she spends her time with her longtime friend Mario (Nicolás Treise), an adolescent ranchhand who is going through an unexpected physical transformation and keeping a potentially devastating secret from his family and friends.
My first screening of the evening was the Argentinian import El Último Verando de la Boyita (The Last Summer of the Boyita), a lyrical, visually captivating coming-of-age story with a highly unusual twist. Jorgelina (Guadalupe Alonso) is a young girl suffering through the difficult time between young childhood and adolescence. She travels with her father to the family's ranch, where she spends her time with her longtime friend Mario (Nicolás Treise), an adolescent ranchhand who is going through an unexpected physical transformation and keeping a potentially devastating secret from his family and friends.
- 9/9/2010
- by Don Clinchy
- Slackerwood
Director: Julia Solomonoff Writer: Julia Solomonoff Starring: Guadalupe Alonso, Gabo Correa, María Clara Merendino,Mirella Pascual, Guillermo Pfening People seem to be undergoing drastic changes around Jorgelina (Guadalupe Alonso). Jorgelina's older sister, Luciana (María Clara Merendino), has begun collecting her monthly bill and officially enters the world of push-up bras and feminine hygiene products (a.k.a. adolescence). With hormones a blazing, Luciana only cares about boys now; suddenly, Jorgelina has gone from playmate and friend to a mere annoyance to her sister. Rather than going on a beach vacation with her mother and hormonal sister, Jorgelina opts to travel to the Argentinean countryside – the Pampas – with her father (Gabo Correa) to spend the summer swimming and horseback riding. Lonely for a playmate, Jorgelina desperately shadows a young and withdrawn ranch hand, Mario (Nicolás Treise). But Mario has little time for childish recreation; not only must Mario assist his aging...
- 9/7/2010
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
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