The Blonds (Los Rubios) (2003)
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56% of critics liked it
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In an effort to reconstruct the abduction and murder of her own parents, this highly personal pseudo-documentary from director Albertina Carri endeavors to illustrate the brutality of Argentina's military dictatorship of the 1970s. Carri is no stranger to experimental techniques -- her short… More In an effort to reconstruct the abduction and murder of her own parents, this highly personal pseudo-documentary from director Albertina Carri endeavors to illustrate the brutality of Argentina's military dictatorship of the 1970s. Carri is no stranger to experimental techniques -- her short film Barbie Can Be Sad, Too was narrated entirely by dolls -- and Los Rubios is equally unconventional. Though the film starts off with a fairly cut-and-dried depiction of the investigation surrounding the 1977 disappearance of a group of political militants (a group which included Carri's parents), it isn't long before abstract metaphors begin their takeover: footage of real-life interviews with friends and neighbors is shown alongside a fantasy sequence involving a plastic spaceship hurtling toward a pair of plastic toys that Carri chose to represent two parental figures. Similar references to the struggle for identity are made throughout the film, which aired at the 2003 Buenos Aires Film Festival to great success. Los Rubios also features Analia Couceyro. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi
- Directed By
- Albertina Carri
- Genres
- Documentary, Drama, Art House & International
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Oct 23, 2003 Wide
- Studio
- Women Make Movies
Critic Reviews
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Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
After watching this chilly film, you won't cry for Argentina so much as you'll be scratching your head about it.
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Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
It's won significant acclaim and recognition in Argentina even though it refuses to offer the comfort and certainty of a conventional documentary -- something that has alienated part of the mainstream press.
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A.O. Scott, New York Times
Oblique, self-conscious semi-documentary.
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J. Hoberman, Village Voice
Unpretentiously poetic and casually stylish, yet perversely precise.
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Steve Schneider, Orlando Weekly
Easily the most formally sophisticated feature to have played the D.MAC facility, The Blonds plays head games with the conventions of political memoir.
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