Kargus is a 1981 Spanish drama film written and directed by Juan Miñón and Miguel Ángel Trujillo, at their feature film debut.[1]
The film was entered into the main competition at the 38th edition of the Venice Film Festival.[2]
Plot
A series of vignettes that begin at the Civil War and end at the Spanish Economic Miracle is interwoven with two separate abstractions:
- Seeking a Utopia in the Gilbert Islands
- A possible escape from the social order to "el otro lado"
In vignette 1, the train which is apparently going to Vizcaya? offers a possible escape route (to France?). In vignette 2, we see an escape from the Oppressive Social Services that want the change a family (from being hunter gatherers) to fit back into the state-sponsored social order. Vignette 3 focuses on a schoolroom in the 1950s and suggests that one can learn more from daydreaming than following the dry logic of the schoolmaster. Vignette 4 takes place at a Rapid Driving School, perhaps making fun of a girl who only looks at the inside of a vehicle and gets a rude awakening when she glimpses the outside of the car. Vignette 5 deals with graffiti removal where the technicians have to think long and loud about the political meanings to choose which graffiti they will remove and which they will allow.
Cast
- Héctor Alterio
- Laura Cepeda
- Francisco Algora
- Luis Ciges
- María Vaner
- Gustavo Pérez de Ayala
- María Luisa Ponte
References
- ↑ José F. Beaumont (19 June 1981). ""Kargus", una reflexión sobre los últimos 40 años de la historia de España". El País. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
- ↑ Adriano Aprà, Giuseppe Ghigi, Patrizia Pistagnesi. Cinquant'anni di cinema a Venezia. La Biennale di Venezia, 1982. ISBN 8820802988.
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