The Film Society of Lincoln Center’s 16th annual Latinbeat program (July 12-21) presents the latest works from South American filmmakers from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, and Uruguay. The festival opens strongly, with Argentine writer/director Santiago Loza's sensitive, engaging drama "La Paz." In this beautifully modulated redemption tale, Liso (Lisandro Rodríguez) moves back to his middle-class home after being released from a psychiatric institution. He lounges around, and struggles trying to "get his life back." Liso's interactions with his parents and various young women are difficult and complicated; he seems to prefer spending time with his grandmother and the family's Bolivian maid. Rodríguez gives an outstanding performance. His anxiety and restlessness are palpable, right up to the film's satisfying finale. Latinbeat also presents a retrospective of Argentinean director Mathías Piñeiro. The filmmaker will be on hand to...
- 7/9/2013
- by Gary M. Kramer
- Indiewire
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