This movie is based on the disconcerting premise that all 500 inhabitants of a small provincial town in Argentina are superstitious halfwits. The script is a combination of bargain basement García Márquez with every offensive cliché on small towns and their people. Argentina's return to democracy in 1983 was not, as this movie implies, a farce including dead candidates running for office.
Production values are good and the actors do as best as they can with the material, which includes some pretty awful lines, but the final result is of no value. If you want an authentic feeling for rural Argentina (including superstitions) see Carlos Sorin's "El Camino de San Diego".
Production values are good and the actors do as best as they can with the material, which includes some pretty awful lines, but the final result is of no value. If you want an authentic feeling for rural Argentina (including superstitions) see Carlos Sorin's "El Camino de San Diego".