Interesting, thoughtful mix of two genres – a coming of age film that's sweet, nice, (if occasionally a touch sappy), and a deeply moving, complex political morality play about the price one pays for trying to live by one's ideals.
Two leftists, almost killed by the Argentine generals, raise their son in the backwoods, trying to help organize the people there against the local land baron.
Into their lives comes a charismatic, sympathetic, but cynical geologist, unhappily working for the land owner, but unable to buy into his new friends' idealism, leading to all sorts of emotional and plot complexities.
I'd like to re-see this, and I could imagine rating it even higher, but the over the top score, and few more clichéd elements stopped me from really flipping out for it, while still finding it a solid, strong, thought-proving film.
Two leftists, almost killed by the Argentine generals, raise their son in the backwoods, trying to help organize the people there against the local land baron.
Into their lives comes a charismatic, sympathetic, but cynical geologist, unhappily working for the land owner, but unable to buy into his new friends' idealism, leading to all sorts of emotional and plot complexities.
I'd like to re-see this, and I could imagine rating it even higher, but the over the top score, and few more clichéd elements stopped me from really flipping out for it, while still finding it a solid, strong, thought-proving film.