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Nocturna: Lado B - Donde los Elefantes Van a Morir
Nocturna: Side B - Where the Elephants Go to Die
Argentina 2021
produced by Javier Diaz, Gonzalo Calzada, Alejandro Narváez for Coruya Cine, La Puerta Cinematográfica
directed by Gonzalo Calzada, Lucía Valdemoros (co), Agustín Barrutia (co)
starring Pepe Soriano, Marilú Marini, Desirée Salgueiro, Jenaro Nouet, Mora Della Veccia, Nicolás Scarpino, Lautaro Delgado, Javier Roson, Marina Artigas, Nicolás Marsella, Candela Nahir Liuso, Margarita Calzada
written by Gonzalo Calzada, music by Martín Ribas
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Now one thing up front, this movie will make sense mainly to those who
have seen Nocturna: Side A - The
Great Old Man's Night, on which this film is a variation, as that
film lays out the narrative groundwork for this one, portraying the last
hours in the life of Ulises (Pepe Soriano), a man going on a hundred years
of age. But while that movie, despite showing his perspective, remains on
the outside of things, this movie is even more subjective, telling the
story not only from Ulises' point of view, but also that of his wife
(Marilú Marini), who has died years ago but is still very present in his
mind and/or his apartment, and the upstairs neighbour (Desirée Salgueiro)
who has only just committed suicide leaping herself onto his balcony but
whose soul hasn't left this plane of existence yet. And with this shift of
point of view comes also a shift in style - while the first movie is
composed of carefully crafted shots, this one looks like a home movie most
of the time, being shot pirmarily with handheld camera on Super 8 and
16mm. And the result of this remix if you may is
actually pretty fascinating, as it goes to the heart of what has been a
horror movie, takes it apart and puts it back together another way without
destroying one's memory of the source material, instead adding to things
without in the least over-explaining them, but giving everything heart,
and the story a different kind of depth. As mentioned above though, this
probably only makes sense if watched in conjunction with Nocturna:
Side A - The Great Old Man's Night, but if you've seen the former,
you pretty much need to see this one.
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Robots and rats,
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