Entangling Shadows

Story

Synopsis

Documentary that celebrates 100 years of cinema in Latin America and talks about the origins and the development of cinema in this subcontinent. Its structure is based in 12 short films directed by various Latin American directors. These are: 1) "Los inicios", Iván Trujillo 2) "Cuando comenzamos a hablar", María Novaro 3) "Jugando en serio", Jacobo Morales 4) "De cuerpo presente [Las espirales perpetuas del placer y el poder] Cine Mexicano [1931- 1997]", Marcela Fernández Violante 5) "Cuando quisimos ser adultos", Edmundo Aray and David Rodríguez 6) "Cinema Novo", Orlando Senna 7) "Memorias de una isla, Juan Carlos Tabío 8) "Un grito, 24 cuadros por segundo", Julio García-Espinosa 9) "El día de la independencia", Federico García 10) "¿Sólo las formas permanecen?", Fernando Birri and Pablo Rodríguez Gauregui 11) "Todo final es un principio", Andrés Marriquín.

Directors

Edmundo Aray, Jacobo Morales, Federico García Hurtado

Language

Spanish; Castilian

Country

Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela

Release date

2 June 1998

Ensemble

Cast

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  Gabriel García Márquez

  Self

• 

  René Monclova

  Self

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  Jacobo Morales

  Self

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  Idalia Pérez Garay

  Doña Barbara

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  Johanna Rosaly

  Maria Candelaria

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  Pilar Miró

  Self

• 

  Robert Redford

  Self

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  Maria Bethânia

  Self

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  Michael Chanan

  Self

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  Costa-Gavras

  Self

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  Glauber Rocha

  (voice)

• Antonio Martorell