Berta's Motives (1984) Los motivos de Berta
Berta's Motives (1984)
BDRip 720p | MKV | 1200x720 | x264 @ 5400 Kbps | 120 min | 4,93 Gb
Audio: Español AC3 2.0 @ 448 Kbps | Subs: English, Japanese (日本語)
Genre: Drama
BDRip 720p | MKV | 1200x720 | x264 @ 5400 Kbps | 120 min | 4,93 Gb
Audio: Español AC3 2.0 @ 448 Kbps | Subs: English, Japanese (日本語)
Genre: Drama
Director: José Luis Guerín
Writer: José Luis Guerín
Stars: Sílvia Gracia, Arielle Dombasle, Iñaki Aierra
Berta is a young teen experiencing all the changes that occur when childhood is left behind and life as an adult woman begins to dawn. This first film by novice director Jose Luis Guerin is excellently structured around action and events, gestures and facial expressions, that subtly reveal the differences in Berta's expanding life. In black and white with a soundtrack that enhances the simple story, the movie is minimalist, but effective.
The strain of "magic realism" which seemingly has come to dominate so much of contemporary Latin American art has deep roots within peninsular Spanish culture; in the cinema, it can most frequently be seen in that remarkable group of films-such as Erice's The Spirit of the Beehive-which chart the passage from childhood to adolescence. Shot in black and white in the vast, rolling hills in Segovia, Berta's Motives first presents the "raw materials" from which young Berta will construct a world: an abandoned car, a mysterious house, a woman in white, the arrival of a film crew. Then slowly, the film begins to tease out the narrative possibilities and connections between each, creating finally an atmosphere of dark mystery that contrasts brusquely with the silence of the countryside. The images are beautifully photographed by Geraldo Gormezano, perhaps the newest in a long line of talented Spanish cinematographers, and José Luis Guerín's sure control of each element gives the film a brooding, provocative rhythm.
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Berta's Motives (1984) Los motivos de Berta
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