Canción sin nombre

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Movie
Original title Canción sin nombre
Country of production Peru , USA , Spain
original language Quechua , Spanish
Publishing year 2019
length 97 minutes
Rod
Director Melina León
script Melina León,
Michael J. White
production Ori Dov Gratch ,
Tim Hobbs ,
Melina León,
Jesus Pimentel ,
Michael J. White
music Pauchi Sasaki
camera Inti Briones
cut Manuel Bauer ,
Melina León,
Antolín Prieto
occupation

Canción sin nombre (international English-language title Song Without a Name ) is a film drama by Melina León that celebrated its world premiere on May 16, 2019 at the Cannes International Film Festival .

action

In 1988 Peru was at the height of a political crisis. When Georgina, a young Quechua woman from the Andes who sells potatoes on the border with Lima, goes to what appears to be a maternity hospital. Immediately after the birth, the child is taken away from her. In her need, she turns to a large newspaper, where she reports on the strange disappearance of her newborn daughter. The journalist Pedro Campos is supposed to take care of the matter and begins to research. His research leads him to a government official and to the discovery of a state secret.

Historical

After the end of the military dictatorship in Peru in 1980 , the Sendero Luminoso carried out several gruesome assassinations on evangelical Christians

The film is based on a true story. While in Peru after the end of the military dictatorship in 1980 the Protestant churches, which are growing strongly in some Quechua areas of the Andes, were a great nuisance to the Maoists, the Sendero Luminoso ("Shining Path") carried out several cruel attacks on evangelical Christians, including a massacre of 31 service users a Pfingstlerkirche in Ccano in Departamento Ayacucho in February 1990 and a murder of the pastor and Khanka Quechu -Bibelübersetzer Rómulo sauna Quicaña in 1992. the Sendero Luminoso was a Marxist-Leninist and Maoist party and guerrilla organization in Peru.

production

Directed by Melina León , who also wrote the script with Michael J. White . The story is loosely based on real events. You set the film in 1988, at the height of a political crisis in Peru. It is León's directorial debut in a feature film. The Peruvian director, who lives and works in Lima and New York, studied film at the University of Lima and film directing at Columbia University. Her short film El Paraíso de Lili , which was shown for the first time at the New York Film Festival and later at more than 20 international festivals, has received numerous awards, including as the best Latin American short film at the Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival.

The production was supported by the Peruvian Ministry of Culture, the Jerome Foundation's film production fund and the Ibermedia funding program.

The main role of Georgina was cast with Pamela Mendoza . It is her first ever film role. Tommy Párraga plays the journalist Pedro Campos.

A first trailer was presented at the end of April 2019. The film celebrated its world premiere on May 16, 2019 at the Cannes Film Festival , where it was screened in the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs series and León was nominated for the Golden Camera. At the beginning of July 2019 it was shown at the Munich Film Festival in the CineVision competition, at the end of July 2019 at the Jerusalem Film Festival and in August 2019 at the Melbourne International Film Festival. In November 2019 there was a screening at the AFI Film Festival . In January 2020 it was screened at the Palm Springs International Film Festival .

reception

Reviews

The film has so far won over 93 percent of Rotten Tomatoes critics .

Kaleem Aftab of the online cinema magazine Cineuropa writes that the aesthetics of the black and white shots gave the film the look of a film noir , which fits well, since the investigations of the parents and the journalist are Kafkaesque, full of dead ends and long, winding streets leading to nowhere. Canción sin nombre is a film about the fact that it is impossible to overcome the obstacles of bureaucracy when you are poor and disenfranchised, says Aftab, even if, as with many film noirs, not everything makes sense.

Awards

Munich Film Festival 2019

  • Received the CineVision Award for Best Newcomer Film in the International Program

Glasgow Film Festival 2020

Cannes International Film Festival 2019

Stockholm International Film Festival 2019

  • Awarded the bronze horse for best film in the Stockholm XXX Competition (Melina León)
  • Award for the best camera in the Stockholm XXX Competition (Inti Briones)

Jerusalem Film Festival 2019

  • Nomination for the FIPRESCI Prize - International First Film (Melina León)

Palm Springs International Film Festival 2020

  • Awarded the New Voices / New Visions Grand Jury Prize (Melina León)

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ a b Teo Bugbee: 'Song Without a Name' Review: A Tragedy in the Peruvian Hillside. In: The New York Times, August 6, 2020.
  3. ↑ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/song-a-name-review-1210737
  4. ↑ John Hopewell: Watch Trailer for Cannes Directors' Fortnight Entry 'Song Without a Name'. In: Variety, April 26, 2019.
  5. ↑ Screenings Guide. In: amazonaws.com. Accessed on May 14, 2019 (PDF; 222 KB)
  6. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaXaqu7wfZg (video)
  7. ^ Canción sin nombre. In: filmfest-muenchen.de. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
  8. ^ Song Without a Name. In: miff.com. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
  9. ↑ https://deadline.com/2019/10/afi-fest-2019-full-lineup-1202771691/
  10. ^ Program booklet of the Palm Springs International Film Festival 2020. In: psfilmfest.org. Retrieved January 3, 2020 (PDF; 331 KB)
  11. ↑ https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/song_without_a_name
  12. ↑ Kaleem Aftab: Review: Song Without a Name. In: cineuropa.org, May 18, 2019.
  13. ^ Moritz Holfelder: Closing of the Munich Film Festival with a festive award ceremony. In: br.de, July 6, 2019.
  14. ^ Program of the Glasgow Film Festival 2020. In: glasgowfilm.org. Retrieved March 12, 2020 (PDF; 12.1 MB)
  15. ↑ Winners at Stockholm International Film Festival 2019. In: cision.com, November 15, 2019.
  16. ↑ Debuts. In: jff.org.il. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
  17. ↑ Pat Saperstein: 'Beanpole', 'Talking About Trees' Among Palm Springs Film Festival Winners. In: Variety, January 11, 2020.