Days of Santiago

Name: Days of Santiago
Genre: Drama
Released: December 8, 2005
Duration: 83 min
Rating: 61

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Cinema Tropical | Release Date: December 8, 2005

Summary: A 23-year-old war veteran returns to Lima after spending six years fighting terrorists, the Peruvian drug mafia, and a nationalist war against Ecuador. Unable to smoothly transition back home, his life starts to spin out of control.

Director: Josué Méndez

Genre(s): Drama

Runtime: 83 min

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TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

Mendez directs with remarkable assurance, using B&W footage to suggest the monochromatic clarity Santiago craves, as well as color to depict the riotous reality that threatens to overwhelm him. Read full review

V.A. Musetto

Pietro Sibille is exceptional as Santiago, and the rest of the cast turn in dynamic performances. Read full review

Deborah Young

Though convincingly set in the lower depths of Lima, the story embodies a universal truth about the experience of former soldiers in many times and places. Read full review

Nathan Lee

Mr. Sibille breaks no sweat under the scrutiny, giving a quiet, concentrated performance that lends heft to less than revelatory material. Read full review

David Ng

Méndez contrasts his protagonist's highly subjective journey with a neorealistic visual style. If the movie lacks narrative originality, it leaves a singularly raw impression of having spent time inside someone's sweaty, ill-fitting skin. Read full review

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RobertoV

Oct 20, 2006

An extraordinary movie about despair. A former soldier lives with remorse about his past. He can't fit into normal life but he wouldn't go the wrong path to avoid more misery. Anyway, he's a social victim never to be recovered again... A wonderful actor (Pietro Sibille) An extraordinary movie about despair. A former soldier lives with remorse about his past. He can't fit into normal life but he wouldn't go the wrong path to avoid more misery. Anyway, he's a social victim never to be recovered again... A wonderful actor (Pietro Sibille) portrays Santiago with such an energy and understanding that moves even the hardest spectator.… Expand

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