I'm sure there are concrete ways to help uruguayan cinema but probably
the first is to watch it.
I'm downloading from:
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5665298/El_BaA_A_o_del_Papa_2007_ibarak
Ahoy,
Sebastian
El 02/07/11 19:20, Yamandu Ploskonka escribió:
Just finished watching The Pope's Toilet, a Uruguayan movie telling of
parental sacrifice, poverty, relation with authority, dreams of the
young and of the old...
Great movie, highly recommended if you want to have a better idea of
how real Uruguayans live or survive, especially among the urban less
well-to-do. Many elements I found highly accurate: the bar where the
group of friends meet every afternoon, the neighborhood, small-time
smuggling as a way of life for many - protectionism and import taxes
make many "legal" imports unaffordable, thus Brazilian products have
forever been a gray-area option, indeed considered by many as the very
origin of the Uruguayan nationhood.
I could almost smell that house, those streets...
If you watch it, do notice the "need" of the daughter to go to study
to Montevideo, how that is interpreted by his mother, father, peers
and the "friendly" older lady, that one with a hint of ulterior
motives, by the customs officer who is quite outright on what *he*
wants... How much she believes in her mom's desire, that after she
graduates she will come back.
Wife asked if I had ever smuggled when in Uruguay. I have.
(to admit something like that sounds strange - us Uruguayans feel it's
entirely normal, even the wife of President Sanguinetti shared her
adventures. Moreover, my experience was during an official school
trip, where everybody came back at least with many layers of T-shirts
- and chocolate! I can say it was quite the bonding experience)
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