Saturday, June 28, 2014

La Sirga (The Towrope) 2012


La Sirga

     Alicia is a teenager living in Colombia with her family but her remote village is burned because of civil war and she loses her parents in the fire.  She journeys to visit her uncle at a rundown guesthouse on the shores of a great lake in the highlands of the Andes.  He allows her to stay and she works with Dona Flora to fix the roof and get the guesthouse ready for the tourist season.  She meets Mirichis, he found her at the side of the river and brought her to her uncle Oscar’s house.  He wants her to go away with him but Alicia doesn’t know what she wants to do.
     This is a very quiet and slow paced film.  The scenery is very beautiful and also the area very rundown.  It’s difficult to make a living and procure basic needs.  Everyone is hoping for the tourists to show up but there has been no word that they are coming.  3* (This movie is OK)

88 min, Drama directed by William Vega with Floralba Achicanoy, Joghis SedinArias, David Fernando Guacas, Julio Cesar Robie, Heraldo Romero.

Note:  Imdb 6.7 out of 10, 60% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Letterboxd 4*.






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