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La Sirga [videorecording (DVD)] / a film by William Vega.

Contributor(s): Publisher number: 18586 | Film MovementLanguage: Spanish Original language: Spanish Series: Video Difference legacy collection | Video Difference legacy collection (Dalhousie) | Film Movement series ; v. 11, film 4.Publication details: [New York] : Film Movement, [2013].Description: 1 videodisc (90, 14 min.) : Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cmISBN:
  • 9781470365271
  • 1470365278
Other title:
  • Also known as: The Towrope [videorecording (DVD)]
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43 22
Contents:
Bonus short film: Simiente (Columbia/14 min.) / directed by William Vega.
Production credits:
  • Una producci�on Contrav�ia Films en co-producci�on con Cin�e Sud Promotion, Film Tank, ; Punto Gui�on Punto ; escrita y dirigida por William Vega ; producida por Oscar Ruiz Navia.
Awards:
  • Best First Feature Film, Havana Film Festival.
Cast: Joghis Seudin Arias, Julio C�ear Robles, Floralba Achicanoy, David Guacas and Heraldo Romero.Summary: "Alicia is helpless. Traumatizing war memories invade her mind like a ceaseless storm. Uprooted from her destroyed village by the armed conflict, Alicia tries to start a new life in La Sirga, a decadent hostel on the shores of a great lake in the highlands of the Andes. The house belongs to Oscar, her only family member alive, and an old solitary hermit. There, on a swampy and murky beach, she will try to settle down until her fears and the threat of war resurface again."--Container.
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2012.

Bonus short film: Simiente / directed by William Vega.

Special features include making of, bios and trailers.

"Official Selection: Cannes Film Festival Directors' Fortnight/Toronto Int'l/San Sebasian Film Festival[s]"--Container.

A Colombia/France/Mexico co-production.

Bonus short film: Simiente (Columbia/14 min.) / directed by William Vega.

Una producci�on Contrav�ia Films en co-producci�on con Cin�e Sud Promotion, Film Tank, ; Punto Gui�on Punto ; escrita y dirigida por William Vega ; producida por Oscar Ruiz Navia.

Joghis Seudin Arias, Julio C�ear Robles, Floralba Achicanoy, David Guacas and Heraldo Romero.

"Alicia is helpless. Traumatizing war memories invade her mind like a ceaseless storm. Uprooted from her destroyed village by the armed conflict, Alicia tries to start a new life in La Sirga, a decadent hostel on the shores of a great lake in the highlands of the Andes. The house belongs to Oscar, her only family member alive, and an old solitary hermit. There, on a swampy and murky beach, she will try to settle down until her fears and the threat of war resurface again."--Container.

Home use only.

In Spanish with optional English subtitles.

Closed-captioned (in English).

Best First Feature Film, Havana Film Festival.

WOR NR* (Qu�ebec rates G) dg

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