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Binding: DVD
EAN: 0689076288446
Format: NTSC
Label: Sanya Productions
Manufacturer: Sanya Productions
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sanya Productions
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 01, 2007
Running Time: 86 minutes
Sales Rank: 47432
Studio: Sanya Productions
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Rating: - An Argentinian Cinema Masterpiece
Most American viewers will not know that Leonardo Favio, who directed this film, is one of Argentina's most popular pop singers and at the same time one its the most distinguished film makers. Argentina has a long cinematic history. Unfortunately, most of it has not been preserved or it exists in formats unplayable in region one players. Therefore, this release is all the more important. Others have already pointed out it is not a gay film
(where does that idea come from) and its relationship to the cinema of Truffaut and Rosellini. A real find.
Rating: - Impressive coming of age film
"Chronicle of a Boy Alone" is a powerful film of a boy abandoned to the juvenile detention system; it's an amazing film, and even more amazing given that it was filmed decades ago and banned for more than 30 years; the main character yearns for freedom but finds that every act has its consequences, and that real freedom is hard to obtain; an unknown little gem of this genre, released by Award Films
Rating: - Leonardo Favio's bleak world of Argentinian totalitarianism
A gay film this certainly is not, nor is it a horror film as some has tagged it to be. This film is more akin to Truffaut's 400 BLOWS and De Sica's SHOESHINE. Young Polin finds himself in an institution and one day, when the opportunity finally arises, he escapes and learns that freedom, too, has its price. Heartbreaking... A neorealist masterpiece!
Rating: - Endless Cycle
Since there's no plot synopsis, I'll give you an edited version that was on the DVD.
It was banned by the Argentinian government for nearly thirty years. It's a searing indictment of a fascist regime that ran roughshod over its most vulnerable citizens; its children. The film focuses on a boy abandoned by his parents and sent to live in a state run orphanage. Inside the harsh confines of this institution, boys must deal with constant physical abuse as well as the emotional tensions brought on by their emerging adolescence.
I take exception to those who have tagged this movie as a gay film. There is no evidence of any homosexual acts or inference to it. The main character in this movie was a resourceful boy who had dreams of a better life for himself.
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