Winner of the Cinema Tropical Award for Best First Film, La Soledad is an hypnotic blend of fiction and a documentary-like style. Director Jorge Thielen Armand looks beyond the headlines and gives a voice to those affected by contemporary Venezuela’s inner turmoil.
The film follows José, a young father who discovers that the dilapidated mansion he squats will soon be demolished. Desperate to save his family from homelessness, José embarks on a mystical search for a cursed treasure that is rumored to be buried in the house. Based on the filmmaker’s family and childhood home, most of the characters are played by his real friends and family members. Thielen Armand’s lyrical debut feature offers a poignant allegory of the desperate reality of today's Venezuela.
LA SOLEDAD
A film by Jorge Thielen Armand
(Venezuela/Canada/Italy, 2016, 89 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
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