When & where?
- woensdag, March 31, 2010 - 15:30
Filmhuis Den Haag zaal 4
El Olvido
Heddy Honigmann
'El Olvido' (Oblivion) is a documentary about a forgotten city, Lima, a forgotten race, the Peruvians, and a forgotten country, Peru. Dutch director Heddy Honigmann, best known for award-winning films like 'O Amor Natural', 'Het Ondergronds Orkest' en 'Forever', walks the viewer through the streets of Lima. We do not get to see any world-shattering events, but go into small shops and restaurants, visit fashionable bars and sit in the numerous squares to watch and observe. On every street corner we meet people who, using their poetry, dreams and creativity, resist oblivion and rise up to those that have vowed their patriotism for centuries but in actual fact despise their country. Just like the great unpretentious poets, the characters in 'El Olvido' look at history with a sense of humour and irony and share their stories with us.
Netherlands, The 2008, 93 min.
Documentary, Video, Colour
Spoken language: Spanish
Subtitles: Nederlands
Awards: Mayor Price - Yamagata Documentary Film Festival 2009 Special Jury Award - Lima Film Festival 2009 Best Director Award - DOCNZ, International Festival 2009 The Eurodok Distribution Award - Eurodok Festival 2009 Premio Radio Exterior de España - Muestra d
Productions:
Cobos Films
CARMEN COBOS
ccobos@cobosfilms.nl
020 530 4788
www.cobosfilms.nl
Dutch distribution:
Cinemien
Marcus van der Zwaag
info@cinemien.nl
020-5776010/020 5776020
www.cinemien.nl
