''Kargus'' is a 1981 Spanish
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
written and directed by Juan Miñón and Miguel Ángel Trujillo, at their feature film debut.
The film was entered into the main competition at the
38th edition of the
Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival h ...
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[Adriano Aprà, Giuseppe Ghigi, Patrizia Pistagnesi. ''Cinquant'anni di cinema a Venezia''. La Biennale di Venezia, 1982. .]
Plot
A series of Vignettes that begin at the Civil War and end at the Spanish Economic Miracle
is interwoven with 2 separate abstractions
# Seeking a Utopia in the Gilbert Islands
# A possible escape from the Social order to El "otro lado"
In Vignete 1 The train which is apparently going to Vizcaya? offers a
possible escape route (to France?)
In Vignette 2 We see an escape from the Oppressive Social Services
that want the change a family (from being hunter gatherers) to fit back into the
state sponsored social order.
Vignette 3 Focuses on a schoolroom in the 1950s and suggests that one can
learn more from daydreaming than following the dry logic of the schoolmaster
Vignette 4 at a Rapid Driving School perhaps makes fun of a girl who only
looks at the inside of a vehicle and gets a rude awakening when she glimpse the
outside of the car
Vignete 5 Deals with graffiti removal where the technicians have to think
long and loud about the political meanings to choose which graffiti they will remove and
which they will allow.
Cast
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Héctor Alterio
Héctor Benjamín Alterio Onorato (born 21 September 1929) is an Argentine theatre, film and television actor, well known both in Argentina and Spain.
Biography
Alterio's theatre debut came in 1948 as the lead in ''Cómo suicidarse en prima ...
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Laura Cepeda
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Francisco Algora
Francisco Javier Jiménez Algora (7 December 1948 – 30 March 2016) was a Spanish actor. He has appeared in more than 100 films and television shows between 1972 and 2012. He starred in the 1973 film ''Habla, mudita'', which was entered in ...
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Luis Ciges
Luis Ciges Martínez (10 May 1921 – 11 December 2002) was a Spanish film actor. He appeared in 140 films between 1958 and 2002. His father was Manuel Ciges.
Selected filmography
* ''Historias de Madrid'' (1958) - Bombero (uncredited)
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María Vaner
María Vaner (23 March 1935 – 21 July 2008) was an Argentine actress. She appeared in nearly 50 films and television shows between 1958 and 2008. The daughter of Pedro Aleandro, her sister was actress Norma Aleandro. She had two sons with ...
* Gustavo Pérez de Ayala
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María Luisa Ponte
María Luisa Ponte Mancini (21 June 1918 – 2 May 1996) was a Spanish actress. She appeared in more than 130 films and television shows between 1952 and 1995. She appeared in the 1977 film ''Black Litter'', which was entered into the 27th ...
References
External links
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1981 drama films
Spanish drama films
1981 directorial debut films
1981 films
1980s Spanish-language films
1980s Spanish films
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