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Enthusiasm (1998)
Director: Ricardo Larrain
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From Time Out Film Guide
This slightly rambling parable, by the director of La Frontera, on the commercialisation and loss of identity of his native country describes a love triangle formed by three friends. Guillermo (Rudolphi) dreams of a truly independent republic for Chile, but is nevertheless a pragmatist; Fernado (Escobar) is a poet who compromises his vision building a tourist development in the desert; Isabel (Verdu), is the woman they both love and who further functions in the film as an embodiment of the soul of the mother country. Nicely directed, good if sometimes overly moody performances, with some fine landscape photography. Shame about the faint cast of xenophobia.Author: WH
Cast & crew
Director: Ricardo Larrain
Producer: Ricardo Larrain
Cast: Maribel Verdu, Alvaro Escobar, Alvaro Rudolphi, Carmen Maura full cast
Duration: 120 mins
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