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The Bird's Singing (1995)
Director: Jorge Sanjines
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From Time Out Film Guide
A heavy-handed allegory by a veteran Bolivian film-maker about the racism endemic in his country and the more universal inability to learn from history. It opens with masked conquistadors (the harquebus angels) lined against the Andean altiplano skyline, as a mainly mestizo film crew track up the hill like Aguirre's invading army in Herzog's Wrath of God. Thus begins a series of broad parallels, culminating in a siege, whereby the crew, assailed by the Indian community (who have refused to be in their historical movie), almost resort to the use of the ancient harquebuses in their possession. The song of the title refers to the birds of the Indians' annual music festival: the crew shoot them for sport. Beautiful scenery.Author: WH
Cast & crew
Director: Jorge Sanjines
Producer: Beatriz Palacios
Cast: Guido Arce, Marcelo Guzman, Reynaldo Yujra, Lineth Herbas, Geraldine Chaplin full cast
Duration: 97 mins
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