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Maravillas

  • Film
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Time Out says

An abrasive curio that begs anything but art-movie reverence from its audience, this slyly surreal patchwork stitches together 'problem pic' incidentals with provocative glee and no hint of a moralistic message. The culture-clash incongruity of Nina Hagen's 'African Reggae' and an image of walking along a precipice sets the tone for a narrative that attaches itself to a 16-year-old girl's encounters wth casual crime, a corrupt church, a charmed circle of godfatherly Jews, a father lazily resigned to porn and yoghurt, and a Judas identified with electric-chair icons Caryl Chessman and Gary Gilmore. Its inconsequentiality appearing alternately savage and absurd, with even the apocalypse conjured only in a kids' TV cartoon, the result is admirably irresponsible.
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Release Details

  • Duration:95 mins

Cast and crew

  • Director:Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
  • Screenwriter:Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, Luis Megino
  • Cast:
    • Fernando Fernan Gomez
    • Cristina Marcos
    • Enrique Sanfrancisco
    • Francisco Merino
    • Miguel Molina
    • José Manuel Cervino
    • Léon Klimovsky
    • Jorge Rigaud
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