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Clubes de Barrio (neighborhood clubs) have a long history and tradition in Argentina. According to a government brochure, the clubs are are "independent non-profit associations, which have spaces for recreation, teaching and sports training." They provide opportunities for socializing, soccer matches and Saturday night dances. The movie is about one of these clubs in Las Palmas, a neighborhood of Córdoba, the capital of Cordoba province 700km from Buenos Aires.
If Las Palmas could be classified, it would probably be as a working class/lower middle class neighborhood. There are no shanties. Most people live in adequate, if modest houses, and there are a few wealthier dwellings and high rises. Crime is a problem, including drug use. The provision of public services (sewers, paving, street lighting) is spotty, and there are open spaces used as garbage dumps. All of this caught my attention since I grew up in a similar neighborhood (Sarandí, in the periphery of Buenos Aires); "my" club was named Luz y Verdad (Light and Truth). At that time, drugs were for the wealthy.
The movie consists of interconnected stories, some comedic, some more dramatic, all iin a lighthearted tone. A young woman must get money to help her brother, in trouble with the law. A hen that brings luck to the neighborhood soccer team is kidnapped and must be recovered. A grandmother fractures her pelvis in a fall and his son and grandson must raise money to pay for her operation. And so on. The movie's view of the Las Palmas dwellers is at the same time cool and compassionate, without a trace of patronizing. We feel as if we are observing casually our own neighbors.
The making of his film was unusual, to say the least.. It is a collective creation that emerged from a workshop named Película Taller 2014 coordinated and directed by Alejandro Cozza, Inés Moyano and Rosendo Ruiz. It lists eight directors and also numerous producers, cinematographers, art directors... to a total of about two dozen people. Many of them are not only behind the camera but have acting roles. The main actors are amateurs, and there is some staginess here and there, but they do a good job, essentially playing themselves and providing freshness to their roles.
If Las Palmas could be classified, it would probably be as a working class/lower middle class neighborhood. There are no shanties. Most people live in adequate, if modest houses, and there are a few wealthier dwellings and high rises. Crime is a problem, including drug use. The provision of public services (sewers, paving, street lighting) is spotty, and there are open spaces used as garbage dumps. All of this caught my attention since I grew up in a similar neighborhood (Sarandí, in the periphery of Buenos Aires); "my" club was named Luz y Verdad (Light and Truth). At that time, drugs were for the wealthy.
The movie consists of interconnected stories, some comedic, some more dramatic, all iin a lighthearted tone. A young woman must get money to help her brother, in trouble with the law. A hen that brings luck to the neighborhood soccer team is kidnapped and must be recovered. A grandmother fractures her pelvis in a fall and his son and grandson must raise money to pay for her operation. And so on. The movie's view of the Las Palmas dwellers is at the same time cool and compassionate, without a trace of patronizing. We feel as if we are observing casually our own neighbors.
The making of his film was unusual, to say the least.. It is a collective creation that emerged from a workshop named Película Taller 2014 coordinated and directed by Alejandro Cozza, Inés Moyano and Rosendo Ruiz. It lists eight directors and also numerous producers, cinematographers, art directors... to a total of about two dozen people. Many of them are not only behind the camera but have acting roles. The main actors are amateurs, and there is some staginess here and there, but they do a good job, essentially playing themselves and providing freshness to their roles.
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