Maybe I'm getting too grumpy and too particular, but Sabado (Saturday) is basically a juiced-up six-character play with outdoor scenes.
The object of this film, which extends (mercifully) for only 72 minutes, is to show human alienation. It doesn't really succeed. What it does show is human tedium and boredom; it shows, rather unconvincingly, people who are looking for a little spice in their dismal lives.
After watching the master of human detachment or alienation, England's Mike Leigh, Sabado emerges as a pretty unsatisfactory statement on the same subject, this time in the destructive restrictions of IMF, which ripped Argentina's (among other countries) economy apart. It does show, quite well it seems, the frustration of youngish (but not that young) people who are never quite sure what they want.
There is some quirky humour in this film, but it could have used a lot more. When you compare this to 'Naked,' Leigh's 1993 masterwork on alienation (and wicked dark humour), Sabado just limps along, too static and not very powerful.
There is another great film I recall -- 'Humanite,' by France's Mario Dumont, that depicts alienation with such vividness that it is all but tactile.
The object of this film, which extends (mercifully) for only 72 minutes, is to show human alienation. It doesn't really succeed. What it does show is human tedium and boredom; it shows, rather unconvincingly, people who are looking for a little spice in their dismal lives.
After watching the master of human detachment or alienation, England's Mike Leigh, Sabado emerges as a pretty unsatisfactory statement on the same subject, this time in the destructive restrictions of IMF, which ripped Argentina's (among other countries) economy apart. It does show, quite well it seems, the frustration of youngish (but not that young) people who are never quite sure what they want.
There is some quirky humour in this film, but it could have used a lot more. When you compare this to 'Naked,' Leigh's 1993 masterwork on alienation (and wicked dark humour), Sabado just limps along, too static and not very powerful.
There is another great film I recall -- 'Humanite,' by France's Mario Dumont, that depicts alienation with such vividness that it is all but tactile.