Eréndira la indomable (2006)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Juan Mora Catlett

Writer:

Juan Mora Catlett (writer)

Release Date:

11 May 2007 (Mexico)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Fantasy

Plot:

A young woman fights Spanish Conquistadors to protect her people. |

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Carlos Enrique Alarcón	...	Ruy Flores
Édgar Alejandre
Erandini Catalina Alvarado Villegas	...	Tangaxoan woman
Rubén Bautista	...	Tangaxoan
Teresa de la Luz Chavira Leal	...	Tangaxoan woman
Luís Copérnico	...	Gonzalo de Vargas
Noel Cordero	...	Young Warrior
José Flores Martínez	...	Vigía
Daniela Fuentes Marín	...	Tangaxoan woman
Alberto García	...	Domingo Niño
Yuritzi Gómez Ramírez	...	Tangaxoan woman
Sergio González Pérez	...	Fray Juan Tapia
Luís Esteban Huacúz Dímas	...	T'shue
Adelaida Huerta	...	Tía de Eréndira
Ismael Marcelino	...	Andamuqua
Manuel Martínez Ruiz	...	Nahuatlaco
Marco Antonio Ortiz	...	Petamuti
Roberto Isidro Rangel
Justo Alberto Rodríguez
Xochiquetzal Rodríguez	...	Erendira
Ireneo Rojas	...	Narrator
Soledad Ruiz	...	Anciana del Oráculo
Mari Carmen Valentin	...	Erendira

Also Known As:

Erendira ikikunari (Mexico)

Runtime:

117 min

Country:

Mexico

Language:

Purépecha | Spanish | Latin

Color:

Color (Technicolor) | Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | Dolby Digital (35 mm prints)

Filming Locations:

Mexico

Company:

Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos (CUEC)

didn't quite get it...

I will be honest and say I only watched the first half of the movie.

There were a number of interesting things about this movie: - The artistic elements (i.e. morphing from ancient? drawings into the live action; the cinematography) were extremely cleverly done. - I'm impressed by the use of Purepechua, a language I've never heard of, as the principal language. It has a nice flow to it, and was not a distraction from the movie at all. In fact, it added to the movie, because if the native peoples spoke Spanish or English instead, it wouldn't feel quite right.

However, despite the very intriguing artistic integrity, there were some things that missed the mark. - The pacing is very slow. Not that I mind movies that take their time, but this one took somebody else's time too, and became boring. - The story was difficult to comprehend, maybe because it was slow and I was spacing out, paying more attention to the artistic aspects than what was going on. But I remember often being confused as to what the point was to a certain scene, or who these people were supposed to be. (An example of "who is so-and-so?" could be when you first see Erendira clothed. For several scenes at the beginning she is nude from the waist up, wearing body paint, and then when she is covered, it makes you wonder who she is...) - Lastly, there are some disturbing scenes. There are some scenes of violent behavior that come so suddenly that you wouldn't expect them, and are at times disturbing. I wouldn't recommend this to younger children.

Overall, 5/10. Maybe if I had the patience to finish the film, I would have given it a higher rating, but here I stand.