The flooded
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The flooded |
| Original title | Los inundados |
| Country of production | Argentina |
| original language | Spanish |
| Publishing year | 1961 |
| length | 85 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Fernando Birri |
| script | Fernando Birri, Jorgé A. Fernando |
| production | Carlos Alberto Parrilla |
| music | Ariel Ramirez |
| camera | Adelqui Camuso |
| cut | Antonio Ripoll |
| occupation | |
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The Flooded ( Los inundados ) is an Argentinian film classic from 1961 by Fernando Birri .
action
The Gaitán family - father Dolorcito, mother Óptima, teenage daughter Pilar and her siblings - live in corrugated iron huts in a poor settlement on the outskirts of Santa Fé . As every year, the Río Salado has flooded the area again, so that you can wade knee-deep in the water on the flat plain. The city authorities send trucks that take those affected with their few belongings to a field in the middle of Santa Fés.
Elections will take place in a few days, with the “Accion popular” and the “Populismo democratico” running. The city government is made up of incompetent, corrupt bureaucrats who make cheap speeches before distributing aid. The Gaitáns see through that the politicians are only interested in their vote for a short time. After the electoral victory of their favorite party, the Inundados, as the flooded are called, celebrate happily. Pilar falls in love with the boy Raul, who takes her virginity. Dolorcito rejects well-paid job offers; he believes that as an Inundado, he is entitled to assistance. Two days later the eviction order comes. While most families allow themselves to be evacuated, the Gaitáns stay in the cattle wagon they live in. They go to bed at night. The next morning they are surprised to find that the wagon is rolling through the landscape. The authorities have made a mistake, their wagons are decoupled from the train and parked in a small provincial town. The residents provide them with food and luxury foods. Mother and father enjoy not having to work. When the authorities found their lost files, they drove back to Santa Fé and moved back into quarters in the outskirts.
Awards
- At the 1962 Venice International Film Festival , Fernando Birri was nominated for the Golden Lion and awarded the prize for the best first work.
criticism
"The multi-award-winning first feature film by the Argentine filmmaker, painter and poet Fernando Birri reveals the influence of Italian neorealism with its mixture of poetry, melancholy and humor."
Web links
- The Drowned in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The flooded in the lexicon of international film