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Gentille Alouette
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Wikipedia article
'Gentille Alouette' is a 1990 French-Chilean film written and directed by Sergio Castillo. Geraldine Chaplin stars as an actress in Paris that is stalked by a Latin American colonel played by Hctor Alterio.
Plot
The colonel (Alterio), begins to stalk his former lover, Angela (Chaplin) as he suspects her of political involvement in an anti-government group. Surrealist elements become apparent as the Colonel fuses his memories of Angela with his suspicions to create fantasy scenarios of capturing the elusive actress.[https://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/17/movies/surrealism-meets-politics-in-festival-latino-film.html?src=pm Surrealism Meets Politics in Festival Latino Film] New York Times. 17 August 1990. Retrieved on 28 July 2011.
Cast
*Hctor Alterio as the Colonel
*Geraldine Chaplin as Angela Duverger
*John Leguizamo as Ortiz
Reception
'The New York Times' described the film as "intriguing", and that Castilla "combines surrealism and high comedy in a visionary style that with its echoes of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Luis Bunuel seems quintessentially Latin American in spirit."
References
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