Latin America
Category
filmGenre
allegoryTypology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshortOriginal title
Latinská AmerikaCzech title
Latinská AmerikaEnglish title
Latin AmericaSynopsis
The story is told by dancers equipped by simple props. They are dressed just in costumes making allusions – ponchos of villagers, red t-shirts, white, blue and black shirts. A girl is bowing to an ear of maize, people are celebrating the harvest. A man is endangering a girl with a dagger, she seems to be defeated, but she takes him the dagger unnoticed and she kills herself. The attackers invade the villagers, rape women and bind hands to men. The enslaved men are digging with picks the hard earth, women are sowing, and a man with a whip supervises all. Blows are falling on the bent backs. People have manacles and bound hands. However, one woman escapes and the others gradually rebel the brutes. A group of young people is dancing happily on the stairs.
Note
In the last section of the film, pixelation is used.
Photos
Cast
Ricardo
Alicia
Nioves
Adriana
Astrid
Eduardo
Silvio
Kathya
Gilberto
Amaury
Nikolás
Javiér
Elisabeth
Juan Carlos
Rosa
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Pedagogical management
Ludvík Ráža (režie), Zuzana Zemanová, Jan Kališ (kamera), Alois Fišárek (střih)
Cooperation
Music
Choreographer
Alicia Pilarte, Ricardo Coral Dorado
Production info
Original Title
Latinská Amerika
Czech Title
Latinská Amerika
English Title
Latin America
Category
film
Typology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film
Genre
allegory
Student film
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1988
Production Year
1988
Production
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
18 min
Original length in metres
465 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:2,35
Colour
colour
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Spanish
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
