El viento se llevó lo qué (1998)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Alejandro Agresti

Writer:

Alejandro Agresti (writer)

Release Date:

15 January 1999 (Spain)

Genre:

Drama | Comedy

Awards:

6 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Vera Fogwill	...	Soledad
Fabián Vena	...	Pedro
Ángela Molina	...	María
Jean Rochefort	...	Edgard Wexley
Ulises Dumont	...	Antonio
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Pascual Condito	...	Guarda estación
Lorena De Filipo	...	Chica pelicula
Pablo Fendrik	...	Marito
Rodrigo Lizarga	...	Juan
Mario Marquez	...	Pescadero
Gualtiero Mayer	...	Policia
Mario Paolucci
Sebastián Polonski	...	Dario
Sergio Poves Campos	...	Caruso
Carlos Roffé	...	Amalfi
Luis Zandunga	...	Gaucho

Also Known As:

Door de wind gejaagd (Netherlands)
El viento se llevó lo qué (Spain)
Le vent en emporte autant (France)
Wind with the Gone (USA)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Argentina | France | Netherlands | Spain

Language:

Spanish | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | France:U | Germany:o.Al. | Italy:T | Netherlands:12 | Spain:T | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Argentina

Company:

DMVB Films

Try a worth

A very clever movie, with loads of references to nouvelle vague stuff. This film lets you wonder about the effects of cinema on society, as the villagers turn into their filmheroes, but since they are edited backwards, upside down and in the wrong order, the imitated heroes become quite hillarious. Some of the characters are very interesting, especially the local film critic. Agresti hates critics, and this can be found in the interaction between the critic and the B-actor/hero, a tragic drunkard, who visits the village one day. Loads of sub-themes make this movie very lively, although some of them are not that interesting. The criticism of the argentine dictature and the introduction of television are not that great.

All goes wrong however when the infamous actor actually enters the village. One of the important points in the movie is the complete isolation of the Patgonian village, but since the actor arrives by train this fantastic concept falls totally apart. Worth a try though, or, in the spirit of the film: try a worth.