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La Redencin
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Wikipedia article
'La Redencin' is a Paraguayan road movie and historical drama partially set in the Chaco War. This is the second film of director Hrib Godoy after 'Latas Vacas' (2014).
Plot
Using a nonlinear narrative, the film depicts the 1991 meeting between Jos Villalba, a terminally ill Chaco War veteran and the young Marlene, the granddaughter of a former brother-in-arms. They undertake a journey in search of the whereabouts of Marlene's grandfather through different villages and locations across the Paraguayan countryside. Intermingled with flashbacks of a young Villalba and his companions in the trenchs of Nanawa in July 1933, Marlene and Jos uncover long-time forgotten stories and unearth the past to eventually come to terms with their own lives.
Production
Nstor Amarilla Ojeda wrote the screenplay, while Aline Moscato was in charge of the production.
The film fanpage was available since January 2017.
The movie was shot at Coronel Oviedo and several locations in Caaguaz department during January 2017.
The first backstage was released on 18 February 2018 and uploaded to the movie's website. The first teaser dates back to June 2017. while the trailer was made public on 12 April 2018, and hit more than 100,000 views on social networks.
Godoy had already filmed another historic drama about the Chaco War in 2006, with the short film 'Guerra re'.
Reception
'La Redencin' was released internationally on the 13th Latin-American Film Festival of So Paulo in the section "Contemporneos". Brazilian online magazine 'Adoro Cinema' made an extense review of the film.
The movie was also invited to the 14th Latin American Film Festival at Melbourne.
Cast
Main roles: Juan Carlos Notari, Lali Gonzlez.
1991 cast: Ramn Del Ro, Emilio Barreto, Miriam Notari, Lucas Godoy, Silvia Villalba, Carlos Balmoriz, Vctor Mujica, Marlene Quionez, Gladys Ramrez, Mximo Florentn, Marcos Varela, lvaro Bentez, Miguel Gonzlez.
1933 cast: Jos Barrios, Anbal Ortiz, Blas Filrtiga, Mauro Acosta, Sergio Cardozo, Fidel Faria, Estanislao Brtez, Juan Ubaldo Godoy, Rolando Sanabria.
Soundtrack
*'Un pelotn de humanidad'
Purahei Soul
Author: Nstor Amarilla Ojeda
Arrangements: Purahei Soul
Violin: Juanchi Alvarez
Harp: Juanjo Corbalan
Guitar: Miguel Narvaez
Vocals: Edu Benitez
Miguel Narvaez
Jennifer Hicks
*'Voy gritando'
Luis Alberto del Paran y Los Paraguayos
Author: Luis Alberto del Paran
Label: Bluecaps
*'Mi guitarra y mi voz'
Luis Alberto del Paran y Los Paraguayos
Author: Luis Alberto del Paran and Julio Jara
Label: Bluecaps
*'13 Tuyut'
Intrprete: Juan Carlos Oviedo y los Hermanos Acua
Letra: Emiliano R. Fernndez
Msica: Ramn Vargas Colmn
Label: The Song
References
Online references
*[https://www.cinefiloz.com/critica-la-redencion/ La Redencin, un viaje a medias]
Category:2010s Spanish-language films
Category:Guaran-language films
Category:Paraguayan drama films
Category:Chaco War films
Category:2010s road movies
Category:2018 multilingual films
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