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La manzanita del diablo (1989)
"Monona" has her ass insured for $100,000 dollars, just to make sure she gets virgin to the altar, Will she?
A funny comedy based on a play by Bryce Echenique. An Italian Banker (Ricardo Tosso)insures his son's bride virginity in order to comply with the rule "A LA Siciliana" for a wedding, where the bride must be a virgin. Monona(Tania Helfgott) plays the insured bride, going on a trip for the most beautiful places in Peru, spending a lot of her times trying to get away from her "Chaperones" Will she be able to keep her virginity? A trip movie for all the family to see. Beautifully shot in Cuzco, Lima, and Nazca, back in the late 70's early 80's. A funny comedy that should be seen at least twice, Ricardo Tosso and Cameos by Zenaida Solis and Many others.
Expertos en Pinchazos (1979)
Porcel and Olmedo at their very best!
Jorge Porcel and Alberto Olmedo work in a Pharmacy, but all they want is to have fun and bust everybody's chops, and they do it, in the most hilarious ways. Jorge and Alberto are always out to back stab each other, having to work overnight at the pharmacy, they are looking to pick up girls, steal the owners money and go out to have fun at night. Alberto in one of his mindless runs to the back of the store gives rat poison instead of medicine to a beautiful girl, Now Alberto and Jorge are in a quest to find the girl before 48 hours when the girl is supposed to have the medicine, This is a movie to laugh hard, so be prepared to find out if the American Buffoons will make it. Beautiful shots of the nightly Buenos Aires lifestyle, not to be missed. You'll understand why these pair were consider the best comedians in Latin America!
Con el corazón en la mano (1988)
Maria Conchita Alonso at her very Best
This movie would have got nowhere without Maria Conchita Alonso's performance, the powerful plot and shocking end is really a work of art. It is commented that Maria Conchita Alonso wanted to buy the rights for the movie but the rights owner didn't want to. Whatever happened this movie has not been released in English language, and a great performance from Maria Conchita, can't be seen yet. The movie shows the ordeals that some people from Colombia went thru, to get to stay in Venezuela, Maria Conchita plays a high society woman obsessed with her lover. The movie shows a very rare often edited scene, where Maria Conchita Alonso gets raped in a Ladies bathroom. Dark very powerful, raw and controversial, this is one of Maria Conchita Alonso's greatest performances, a must see.
Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1980)
A great raw movie
This is probably the best movie from director Hector Babenco. It shows a Brazilian reality unknown by foreigners, which is the same reality that haunts all of the Latin American countries, poverty and a survival instinct. The most affected in this reality is the children usually left orphans, or abandoned by their poor parents have to make it in a "dog eat dog" society many times falling into the gap of delinquency, prostitution and crime. Very well acted and with a "no frills" approach, this movie will get to you, Great story plot, a must have movie on anybody's collection. The starring role went to Fernando Ramos da Silva, a young boy who fell into the crime wave, killed some years later during a robbery. I would suggest people to watch the movie "Who killed Pixote?" so you can have a more in depth idea of the lives of these characters. Some other Characters from the movie had a similar fate, some died and others are in jail. None the less this movie will last for a long time in your memory