Nuñez could double for Delphine Seyrig in “Last Year at Marienbad.” But despite her character’s political commitment, she is marginalized as a woman even as her intellectual lover is betrayed. Although not without violence, this section is tender and even dreamy - episodes of street fighting punctuate a “new wave” love story. Unlike the first Lucía, she tries to engage rather than escape, giving herself to an idealistic young opponent of the Machado regime. The second Lucía (Eslinda Nuñez, who played the object of the antihero’s fantasies in “ Memories of Underdevelopment”) is the daughter of a bourgeois family. Like the lovers in Visconti’s “Senso,” the protagonist cannot will herself outside of history. A story of love and betrayal is set against the war between the Spanish and the Cuban guerrillas known as mambises, many former slaves the sequence is reminiscent of but even wilder in its orchestrated tumult than Luchino Visconti’s operatic costume dramas. The Lucía of 1895 (played by the stage diva Raquel Revuelta) is a woman from an aristocratic Havana family who, losing her youth, embarks on a passionate affair with a handsome Spaniard. A 2-hour-40-minute black-and-white pageant, “Lucía” dramatizes the situation of three oppressed women, all named Lucía, at cusp moments of Cuban history - the 1890s war of independence, the early 1930s uprising against the dictatorship of Gerardo Machado and the post-revolutionary ’60s.Įach story has its own style, and each “Lucía” represents a different social class.
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Solás, who died 10 years ago, was in his mid-20s when he made Cuba’s most elaborate and expensive movie yet - and perhaps ever. Watch Awe! without reading or knowing anything about the story!ĭisclaimer: If you observe the titles keenly, you might get a clue about story.An openly tendentious tour de force considered by many as Cuban cinema’s peak accomplishment, Humberto Solás’s “Lucía” (1968) is a landmark newly visible in a 4K restoration for a weeklong run at Metrograph in Manhattan. Awe is a Telugu’s answer to world cinema.
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And will end up as a memorable film as it changes formats in the long run (when it goes from cinema halls, to TV to digital media). It’s a concept based psychological thriller. Awe is a film that should not be seen with the lens of commerciality. Art direction deserves a special applause.Īnalysis: Awe is a film for festivals. Nani should be patted on his back for backing such a different film with 100% conviction. Editing is crisp and done with finesse by Gowtham Nerusu. Background music and sound design are of international standards. The song that comes during titles explains the theme and characters of the film. Cinematography by Karthik Gattamaneni is of top notch quality. Other departments: Awe! Is esthetically well made film with great technical values. Since it’s a serious film, the makers have created the characters of Priyadarshi, Nani and Ravi Teja to inject some contemporary comedy (lot of reference to their movies and dialogues). This film also appears dragged and out of place in few threads and scenes, but makes sense once it’s all revealed in climax. This film appears like film a film of bold content, but it’s not. The director has written the script meticulously and all scenes are interconnected. This film has a different format of story telling. We have seen festival films like Ship of Theseus and Lucie (Kannada) made in other languages and we hardly see any such attempts made in Telugu with capable makers. Story - screenplay - direction: Prasanth Varma is a classy director. Pragati looks good with a different hairstyle. Voice overs by Nani and Ravi Teja are entertaining. Priyadarshi provides a good comic relief and roles like these suit his style very well. Srinivas Avasarala plays yet another different character. Devadarshini (Ami Tumi fame) is aptly cast. Regina Cassandra shines in a tattooed girl role. Nitya Menen is charming and it’s nice to hear her voice again after some gap in Telugu films. Eesha Rebba plays a village belle who comes to town. Kajal Agarwal is excellent as the main lead. I am not writing the story as it gives away the thrill factor in the movie!Īctors: Casting of the film is perfect. Story, Screenplay & Directed: Prasanth Varma Theater watched: Serra Theaters, Milpitas, USAĬast : Kajal Aggarwal, Nithya Menen, Regina Cassandra, Eesha Rebba, Srinivas Avasarala, Murali Sharma, Rohini, Priyadarshi Pullikonda, Nani(Narrator/Voiceover for Fish), Ravi Teja (Narrator/Voiceover for Tree), Hari Teja, Devadarshini, Kaitlyn D’mello (Kate).