La antena (2007)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.5/10   

Director:

Esteban Sapir

Guionista:

Esteban Sapir (screenplay)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

19 abril 2007 (Argentina)

Género:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Fantastic | Silent Film | Neo Noir | German Expressionism | Independent Film

Premios:

7 wins & 5 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Fascism versus Judaism, or God versus Satan?

Reparto

Valeria Bertuccelli	...	Son of Mr TV
Alejandro Urdapilleta	...	Mr TV
Julieta Cardinali	...	Nurse
Rafael Ferro	...	The Inventor
Florencia Raggi	...	The Voice
Sol Moreno	...	Ana
Jonathan Sandor	...	Tomás
Raúl Hochman	...	The Mouse Man
Ricardo Merkin	...	The Grandfather
Carlos Piñeiro	...	Doctor Y (as Carlos Piñeyro)
Camila Offerman	...	Fairy Girl
Alejandro Regueiro	...	Silhouette Man 1
Christian Amat	...	Silhouette Man 2
Federico Miri	...	Silhouette Man 3
Paulina Sapir	...	Girl Dressed in White

También conocida como:

The Aerial (International: English title)

Duración:

99 min

País:

Argentina

Idioma:

Español

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Argentina:Atp | Argentina:13 | Germany:12 | Poland:15 | France:U | Netherlands:AL | UK:PG | Czech Republic:U

Locaciones de Filmación:

Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina

Compañía:

LadobleA

Trivialidades:

The shooting took 11 weeks and the post-production more than a year for completion.

Fascism versus Judaism, or God versus Satan?

This is a beautiful film to look at. Surreal and kitsch, its many homages were maybe a little too obvious - yes, Lang, Melies, even Chaplin. This allegory on Argentinian and German fascism initially buried the real story beneath its look - that of a complex animated commercial. However, as the film progressed, it soon become obvious to me the symbolism of the scars on the family's hands (stigmata), the blind boy who could talk and would save the city / world (Jesus Christ), the boy's single mother (Mary), the young girl (Mary Magdalene), and ultimately the boy on the Star of David, reflected a world in which religion / Judaism / Jesus Christ, vanquished the evils of fascism / Satan.

So maybe a little heavy on the symbolism and allegory, ideas of religion saving the world or prophets dying to save us from our sins are all a little lazy. As many directors have shown, revealing religion for the corrupt and superstitious organisations they really are, can make a much more satisfactory cinema experience; see Bunuel / Fellini / Bergman.