By Peter Belsito and Sydney LevineThis Mexican film is a nasty, nettling little puzzle piece that cleverly probes patriarchal insecurity and corporate invasiveness through the course of one botched family vacation.
A very funny film exposing the possible nightmare scenarios lying under modern corporate vacation paradises.
Pedro and Eva arrive at the Vistamar mega-resort to “heal” their lives. A nice break, holiday makers Pedro and Eva think. All-inclusive holiday paradise Vistamar has beautiful swimming pools and golf links. Settling into a private villa with their young son, they’re surprised to find another family at the door; a clerical mistake has left them double-booked. Eva decides there’s nothing else to do but share their rooms with the exuberant sunburnt family suddenly standing at the door.
The families make do, actually they begin living together, attending the resort’s time-share seminar and enjoying its pools and activities, and they are...
A very funny film exposing the possible nightmare scenarios lying under modern corporate vacation paradises.
Pedro and Eva arrive at the Vistamar mega-resort to “heal” their lives. A nice break, holiday makers Pedro and Eva think. All-inclusive holiday paradise Vistamar has beautiful swimming pools and golf links. Settling into a private villa with their young son, they’re surprised to find another family at the door; a clerical mistake has left them double-booked. Eva decides there’s nothing else to do but share their rooms with the exuberant sunburnt family suddenly standing at the door.
The families make do, actually they begin living together, attending the resort’s time-share seminar and enjoying its pools and activities, and they are...
- 2/5/2018
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Dominican Republic drama wins Yellow Robin Award at festival.
The Watchman (El hombre que cuida) by Alejandro Andújar (Dominican Republic) won the Yellow Robin Award at the Curaçao International Film Festival Rotterdam, which wrapped its sixth edition yesterday (April 9).
Andujar’s debut feature is about a young man, recently separated from his wife, who is a watchman at a rich man’s villa; his peace is interrupted when the rich man’s son arrives with his spoiled friends.
The international jury praised the film for tackling “universal issues of race and class, of youth, loyalty and sex in a Caribbean setting”.
They said: “Atmosphere and pace are strong, and the jury was particularly impressed by the brooding lead actor who radiates both the captivity of his personal struggles and that of his confined place in society, in this case the luxury villa he has to take care of when the owner’s spoiled son brings friends and trouble...
The Watchman (El hombre que cuida) by Alejandro Andújar (Dominican Republic) won the Yellow Robin Award at the Curaçao International Film Festival Rotterdam, which wrapped its sixth edition yesterday (April 9).
Andujar’s debut feature is about a young man, recently separated from his wife, who is a watchman at a rich man’s villa; his peace is interrupted when the rich man’s son arrives with his spoiled friends.
The international jury praised the film for tackling “universal issues of race and class, of youth, loyalty and sex in a Caribbean setting”.
They said: “Atmosphere and pace are strong, and the jury was particularly impressed by the brooding lead actor who radiates both the captivity of his personal struggles and that of his confined place in society, in this case the luxury villa he has to take care of when the owner’s spoiled son brings friends and trouble...
- 4/10/2017
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
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