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3 January 2007 (France) morePlot:
In an unnamed Latin American country that closely resembles Mexico, the government fights a rural insurgency with torture... more | full synopsisAwards:
24 wins & 7 nominations moreNewsDesk:
400 Screens, 400 Blows - Sleepers of 2008(From Cinematical. 18 December 2008, 8:15 AM, PST)
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Hail and Farewell to Angel Tavira more (9 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Ángel Tavira | ... | Don Plutarco |
| Gerardo Taracena | ... | Genaro |
| Dagoberto Gama | ... | Capitán |
| Mario Garibaldi | ... | Lucio |
| Fermín Martínez | ... | Teniente |
| Silverio Palacios | ... | Comandante Cayetano |
 | Octavio Castro | ... | Zacarías |
| Mercedes Hernández | ... | Jacinta |
| Gerardo Juárez | ... | Pedro |
| Ángeles Cruz | ... | Jefa Guerrilera 1 |
| Norma Pablo | ... | Jefa Guerrilllera 2 |
| Ariel Galvan | ... | Joaquín |
 | Amorita Rasgado | ... | Prostitutas |
| María Elena Olivares | ... | Doña Lupe |
| Esteban Castellanos | ... | Manuel |
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98 minCountry:
MexicoLanguage:
SpanishColor:
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Dolby DigitalFilming Locations:
Rancho San Isidro, Ixtapaluca, Estado de México, MexicoFun Stuff
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Ángel Tavira won the best actor award in the Cannes Film Festival moreFAQ
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Although it flirts with agitprop and its stereotypes, The Violin is ultimately a small, moving, human drama centered on the perseverance, against a ruthless military government, of a poor, frail, self-effacing grandfather and his family. The late Ángel Tavira is excellent as the grandfather -- the human face of an underground resistance -- whose weapon of choice is a violin. The long shots, in black-and-white, of Tavira on his borrowed mule reminded me of the scene in The Grapes of Wrath where Tom Joad leads his family of Dust Bowl émigrés across the ridge of a California hill or the panoramic shots of Sicilian hillsides in Godfather II. It's man in nature, man against a heavily armed nature, and tragically nature wins. Good independent film.