Ema (2019)
Country: CHILE
Technical: col/2.35:1 107m
Director: Pablo Larraín
Cast: Mariana Di Girolamo, Gael García Bernal, Santiago Cabrera, Paola Giannini
Synopsis:
A Santiago couple, he a choreographer, she a dancer in reggaeton, have hit crisis point in their marriage and handed their 9 year-old arsonist son back to the adoption agency. However, tormented with self-lacerating guilt and regret, she resolves to get the child back, seducing both of his current guardians, a fireman and a divorce lawyer, the former by setting fire to cars with a flame-thrower, the other by hiring her to secure a divorce in return for manicures and sex orgies.
Review:
Such an out-of-this-world scenario demands bald statements, not least because the characters' behaviours in the microcosm appear equally contradictory and irrational. What is in many ways a tiresome viewing experience contrives to be nonetheless arresting for the eye, thanks to the director's flair for colour, widescreen composition and camera movement, and a startling performance from Miss Di Girolamo.
Country: CHILE
Technical: col/2.35:1 107m
Director: Pablo Larraín
Cast: Mariana Di Girolamo, Gael García Bernal, Santiago Cabrera, Paola Giannini
Synopsis:
A Santiago couple, he a choreographer, she a dancer in reggaeton, have hit crisis point in their marriage and handed their 9 year-old arsonist son back to the adoption agency. However, tormented with self-lacerating guilt and regret, she resolves to get the child back, seducing both of his current guardians, a fireman and a divorce lawyer, the former by setting fire to cars with a flame-thrower, the other by hiring her to secure a divorce in return for manicures and sex orgies.
Review:
Such an out-of-this-world scenario demands bald statements, not least because the characters' behaviours in the microcosm appear equally contradictory and irrational. What is in many ways a tiresome viewing experience contrives to be nonetheless arresting for the eye, thanks to the director's flair for colour, widescreen composition and camera movement, and a startling performance from Miss Di Girolamo.
Country: CHILE
Technical: col/2.35:1 107m
Director: Pablo Larraín
Cast: Mariana Di Girolamo, Gael García Bernal, Santiago Cabrera, Paola Giannini
Synopsis:
A Santiago couple, he a choreographer, she a dancer in reggaeton, have hit crisis point in their marriage and handed their 9 year-old arsonist son back to the adoption agency. However, tormented with self-lacerating guilt and regret, she resolves to get the child back, seducing both of his current guardians, a fireman and a divorce lawyer, the former by setting fire to cars with a flame-thrower, the other by hiring her to secure a divorce in return for manicures and sex orgies.
Review:
Such an out-of-this-world scenario demands bald statements, not least because the characters' behaviours in the microcosm appear equally contradictory and irrational. What is in many ways a tiresome viewing experience contrives to be nonetheless arresting for the eye, thanks to the director's flair for colour, widescreen composition and camera movement, and a startling performance from Miss Di Girolamo.