Madeinusa
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Directed by | Claudia Llosa |
Written by | Claudia Llosa |
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Music by | Selma Mutal |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
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Madeinusa is a 2006 Peruvian-Spanish drama film directed by Claudia Llosa.
Plot
Set in the fictional small and isolated indigenous village of Manayaycuna ("the town no one can enter" in
At the beginning of the weekend, Madeinusa is selected as the festival's
Themes
Madeinusa deals with themes including feminism, sexual violence, race, and colonialism, the latter two particularly between Salvador as a white resident of Lima and Madeinusa as a Quecha indigenous rural villager. The film also employs up-close shots and views of eyes and looking perhaps as a mechanism to discuss the sexual voyeurism in the film its broader themes.
Controversy
Madeinusa has received critical acclaim outside of Peru, but has been the subject of intense debate.[4] Critics of the film suggest that the film enforces racist stereotypes of indigenous Peruvians as perverted and primitive, and point to the director's upbringing as a middle-class resident of Lima as arrogantly trying to appropriate the culture of those far more marginalized than she was.[5] Supporters, who include star Magaly Solier and many of the residents of the actual town filmed, Canrey Chico, see the film as a postcolonial feminist narrative that subverts traditional expectations of the 'colonizer' and the 'colonized.' [4]
Cast
- Magaly Solier as Madeinusa
- Carlos J. de la Torre as Salvador
- Yiliana Chong as Chale
- Juan Ubaldo Huamán as Cayo
Awards
- Winner, Best Latin-American Narrative Feature, Mar del Plata Film Festival
- Winner, Best Cinematography and Best Screenplay, Cine Ceará Festival Nacional de Cinema
- Winner, Fipresci Prize, International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Winner, Best Original Screenplay, Havana International Film Festival
- Winner, Best Film at the 2nd Luces Awards
See also
References
- ^ Hernandez, Eugene. "Sundance Unveils Competition Lineups for '06 Fest; 84 World Premieres To Screen At Upcoming Event". IndieWire.
- ^ Vall, Pere (29 May 2008). "Madeinusa". Fotogramas.
- ^ "Polémica por Madeinusa". La Nación. 11 September 2006.
- ^ ISSN 1475-3839.
- ^ Zevallos, Juan (2006). "Madeinusa y el cargamontón neoliberal".
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