What where you doing in 1973?
During an hour and 45 minutes Antonino Isordia Llamazares immerses us in the lives of three totally different characters portrayed by themselves in this documentary called 1973. Mexico City is the scenario where Rodolfo, Mafer and Alejandro never cross paths yet they have something in common that makes them get together in this sometimes confusing piece of work by Isordia, the year 1973, the year when they all were born.
Rodolfo Escogido “El fantasmon” still smiles when he remembers the crowd cheering his name in his days of glory, but since glory doesn’t last forever when it is not honestly earned, sooner or later there is a pay off and he tells us how his rise and down happened in his life.
Maria Fernanda Ramos Macín talks about her encounter with drugs and all kinds of abuse she went through till the day she jumped from a bridge without having consciousness of what was happening, an interesting story to follow with a surprising ending in the last minutes of the documentary.
After listening to Alejandro Cota, your beliefs in good and evil will be challenged. A shaking and intriguing story that will bring up many questions with not too many answers from the people involved but many from what is witnessed by the audience.
Totally produced by the Centro de Capacitacion Cinematografica and Churubusco Estudios this documentary received the JVC award for best director in the 20th International Cinema Festival of Guadalajara and was nominated for an Ariel.
The music by bands like Santa Sabina, B4, los Ultrasonicos and others adds a sense of uncertainty to what comes next, which is a constant in the film and is a determining factor to hook the viewer to the plot.
1973 is a film that you will probably see only once but that time will be enough to make you get a different perspective of life and will open your eyes to a reality that some people live day by day and the rest of us will never imagine.
http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2006/03/10/index.php?section=espectaculos&article=a10n1esp
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