Bwana (1996)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.3/10   

Director:

Imanol Uribe

Escritores:

Ignacio del Moral (play)
Francisco Pino (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

27 septiembre 1996 (Spain)

Género:

Drama

Plot:

Antonio, a taxi driver, his wife, and two chidren arrive one fine afternoon at a solitary beach, looking for sea-shells...

Plot Keywords:

Beach | Illegal Immigrant | Family Relationships | Based On Play

Premios:

6 wins & 5 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Are the Spanish really like that?

Reparto

Andrés Pajares	...	Antonio
María Barranco	...	Dori
Emilio Buale	...	Ombasi
Alejandro Martínez	...	Iván
Andrea Granero	...	Jessy
Miguel Del Arco	...	Román
Patricia López	...	Uta
Paul Berrondo	...	Michael
César Vea	...	Joaquín
José Quero	...	Pepe
Rafael Yuste	...	Rafa
Santiago Nang	...	Yambo

También conocida como:

Bwana (Argentina) [es]

Duración:

90 min | Argentina:80 min

País:

Spain

Idioma:

Español

Color:

Color

Clasificación:

Argentina:16 | Chile:18

Locaciones de Filmación:

Parque Natural de Cabo de Gata-Níjar, Almería, Andalucía, Spain

Compañía:

Aurum

Are the Spanish really like that?

I don't know much about the Spanish mentality and the blackest depths of Spanish souls. This movie seems to be an (unusual) account of these. I don't think the characters are completely made up by the screenwriters, only to construct a shocking story about racism. There are drunken criminals and violent skinheads in the movie - figures often appearing in films; all right. But the fact that Antonio and his family represent the ordinary lower class Spanish family with all their attitudes and manners really shocked me. The way director Uribe paints his main characters is really, really cruel. I do hope it's exaggerated.

Above all, this is an excellent movie. It creates a not customary tension most of the time and mixes irony with tragedy. The photographer also did great work and caught beautiful shots of the picturesque landscape which seems a little artificial - well, dunes always do. Only the dialogues between the family members are a bit unrealistic but I mentioned that already.

I gave this movie 8 stars out of 10 and if you ever spot it anywhere, watch it until the end because the final scenes are especially well-done. It's a small, great movie.