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Kamchatka (2002)
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"Kamchatka"
The movie "Kamchatka" is an Argentinean movie that was made in 2002, but based in 1975. Kamchatka talks about a kid who's name is Harry Vincent (Matias De Pozo) and he and his family have to move away from Buenos Aires to the outer part of Argentina. This causes the family to change and become more united. They face many issues living outside the city. Harry has an obsession with Houdini, the escapist and that relates to him and his family escaping form the government, because in that time it was the Argentinian revolution and form what the movie shows his father was part of the movement that was against Videla the dictator.
Harry (Matias del Pozo) is the main character is a young boy that loves the escapists, his brother Simon (Milton De la Canal) is a younger kid, that practically has no idea of what is going. His father David Vincent (Ricardo Darín) is part of the revolution and the military is looking for him, he was a lawyer. His mother Cecilia Roth was a scientist, a job that in those times was not very common for a woman, this shows that they where a modern family and not a typical one. The movie takes place in Buenos Aires and in the Argentinian fields, in a house where they live and in their grandparents house. Hey go through ups and downs and manage to stay away form the government, the two brothers experience something new, and it is to live in a house int he woods because they are accustomed to live in a big city like Buenos Aires, also Harry has to become more mature and take care of the house and his fathers when their parents go to the city. The mayor plot twist is when they get to the house where they are hiding and find all of their things torn down, the military had gotten to their house and was looking for them and that causes a lot of tension in the movie.
the actor/actress that did the best job in the movie was the mother (Cecilia Roth), she plays this character that is a representation of the world changing because she is a scientist and also the way that she shows her emotions and her faces attach very well to the movie and the situation they are going through. Also Matias del Pozo did a very good job, because he is just a kid and his acting was very hard and he did it very well because his character was the main one and some scenes where excellent, most of the movie had excellent acting in behalf of all the actors, very professional work and acting took place in this movie.
The best part of the movie of the movie was when they had to run away from their hiding place because it shows a lot of tension. And it is the best representation of how the people lived when they where chased by the government. Also they pass through very harsh times because they have to sleep in the park and they are not sure of what sort of mess is waiting for them at home.
This movie leaves a very important lesson, and that is family union, they united as a family and left nobody behind them, but also they had issues with the grandparents and that limited the father to express himself, when it comes to times like those ones, the only thing you got is your family support and that is the most important thing in life. They survived because they helped each other overcome through their situation.
The movie is recommended to adults who ha e a background information on the Argentinian revolution, because then they would have a better understanding of the film and get to appreciate more each scene. Kinds can also watch it, but it would be hard for them to understand what is going on. Also this movie helps that history would not repeat, because many people went disappeared in those times and still now days there are still people who think like Videla.
Fabien Moy De Lacroix is a student form Costa Rica. He goes to Lincoln School and he is 15 years old, he has been part of the Film Appreciation class for more than 2 months.