Kékszakállú

Name: Kékszakállú
Genre: Drama
Released: July 21, 2017
Duration: 72 min
Rating: 71
Cast: Denise Groesman, Katia Szechtman, Laila Maltz, Lara Tarlowski, Lucas Wasserman

2017

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| Release Date: July 21, 2017 | Not Rated

Starring: Denise Groesman, Katia Szechtman, Laila Maltz, Lara Tarlowski, Lucas Wasserman, Mabel Machado, María Soldi, Martín Wasserman, Natali Maltz, Pedro Trocca

Summary: Kékszakállú is an unconventional portrayal of several young women witnessed in immersive yet indeterminate states: within their bodies, among their friends and lovers, and ultimately in a culture of economic and spiritual recession. The torpor of boredom and privilege is undercut by the vicissitudes of Argentina's economic malaise, forcingKékszakállú is an unconventional portrayal of several young women witnessed in immersive yet indeterminate states: within their bodies, among their friends and lovers, and ultimately in a culture of economic and spiritual recession. The torpor of boredom and privilege is undercut by the vicissitudes of Argentina's economic malaise, forcing the offspring of a vanishing upper class to extricate themselves from the props of familial privilege. The film presents a documentary-like exposure of the quotidian while extending possibilities for redemption among this brood of the weary. Obliquely inspired by Bela Bartok's sole opera, Kékszakállú radically transposes the portent of Bluebeard's Castle into something far less recognizable: a tale of generational inertia, situated between the alternating and precisely rendered tableaux of work and repose in Buenos Aires and Punta del Este.… Expand

Director: Gastón Solnicki

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 72 min

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Mike D'Angelo

Jul 19, 2017

Solnicki has admitted in interviews that he more or less made the movie up as he went along, not knowing quite what he was after, and it shows. But he has a remarkable eye and boundless curiosity, and those two qualities are enough to sustain a brief yet restlessly inventive exploration like this one. Read full review

Scott Tobias

Sep 24, 2016

It takes an uncommon talent to keep the mundane from seeming inert, and through Solnicki’s lens, the absence of outer conflict doesn’t mute the turmoil within. Read full review

Clayton Dillard

Like Shohei Imamura, Argentinian writer-director Gaston Solnicki can be understood as a cinematic "entomologist." Read full review

The Film Stage Jason Ooi

Jul 20, 2017

With all of its ingrained sadness and complex shifts, both the fabricated idyll of youth and distressed independence of adulthood are executed as if they were a casual dream, never becoming as nightmarish as they ought to be. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Jul 20, 2017

Even seasoned defenders of cryptic formalism may find it amorphous. The characters are never named, the camera work is static, and little that’s conceptually interesting materializes. Read full review

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