Nov 12th-International Film Appreciation (Relatos salvajes)

Screening Time: 19:00, 12th Nov, 2018

Venue: D-hall of MUST

FREE ENTRANCE!

Name：Relatos salvajes (Wild Tales )

122 min| Black comedy, Anthology|2014|Argentina| Spanish

Director: Damián Szifron

Writers: Damián Szifron

Stars: Ricardo Darín, Oscar Martínez, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Érica Rivas, Rita Cortese, Julieta Zylberberg, Darío Grandinetti

Storyline

The film is composed of six short segments: "Pasternak", "Las ratas" ("The Rats"), "El más fuerte" ("The Strongest"), "Bombita" ("Little Bomb"), "La propuesta" ("The Proposal"), and "Hasta que la muerte nos separe" ("Till Death Do Us Part"). In the American localisation, the third and the fifth had their names changed to "Road to Hell" and "The Bill".Despite the clear common theme of violence and vengeance, what connects the accounts, according to the director, is "the fuzzy boundary that separates civilization from barbarism, the vertigo of losing your temper, and the undeniable pleasure of losing control". This is explored through the concept that human beings have animalistic features. Szifron considers the main difference between human and animals is the capacity one has to restrain oneself as opposed to animals who are guided by their instincts. Humans "have a fight or flee mechanism, but it comes with a very high cost. Most of us live with the frustration of having to repress oneself, but some people explode. This is a movie about those who explode". It deals with "daily life" aspects and "is a movie about the desire for freedom, and how this lack of freedom, and the rage and anguish it produces, can cause us to run off the rails." The main issue, according to Szifron, "is the pleasure of reacting, the pleasure of reacting toward injustice."

Awards:

The film received considerable acclaim, particularly in South America where it won many accolades, as well as the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language in the United Kingdom and the Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film in Spain. Additionally, it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, and for the Palme d'Or at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.

Supported by:

Consulate General of the Argentine Republic in Hong Kong and Macau