La Redención Explained

La Redenciòn
Native Name:
La Redención
Director:Hérib Godoy
Producer:Aline Moscato
Starring:Juan Carlos Notari, Lali González, Ramón del Río, Emilio Barreto, José Barrios, Sergio Cardozo, Mauro Acosta, Blas Filártiga, Aníbal Ortiz, Máximo Florentin
Music:Néstor Amarilla Ojeda
Cinematography:Armando Aquino
Editing:Hérib Godoy
Production Companies:Tuyupucú Producciones/Anima Films
Distributor:LIFE films
Runtime:87 minutes
Country:Paraguay
Language:Spanish/Guaraní

La Redención is a Paraguayan road movie and historical drama partially set in the Chaco War. This is the second film of director Hérib Godoy after Latas vacías (2014).

Plot

Using a nonlinear narrative, the film depicts the 1991 meeting between José Villalba, a terminally ill Chaco War veteran and the young Marlene, the granddaughter of a former brother-in-arms. They undertake a journey in search of the whereabouts of Marlene's grandfather through different villages and locations across the Paraguayan countryside. Intermingled with flashbacks of a young Villalba and his companions in the trenches of Nanawa in July 1933, Marlene and José uncover long-time forgotten stories and unearth the past to eventually come to terms with their own lives.

Production

Néstor Amarilla Ojeda wrote the screenplay, while Aline Moscato was in charge of the production.

The film fanpage was available since January 2017.[1]

The movie was shot at Coronel Oviedo and several locations in Caaguazú department during January 2017.[2]

The first backstage was released on 18 February 2018 and uploaded to the movie's website. The first teaser dates back to June 2017. while the trailer was made public on 12 April 2018, and hit more than 100,000 views on social networks.[3]

Godoy had already filmed another historic drama about the Chaco War in 2006, with the short film Guerra re.[4]

Reception

La Redención was released internationally on the 13th Latin-American Film Festival of São Paulo in the section "Contemporáneos".[5] Brazilian online magazine Adoro Cinema made an extense review of the film.[6]

The movie was also invited to the 14th Latin American Film Festival at Melbourne.[7]

Cast

Main roles: Juan Carlos Notari, Lali González.

1991 cast: Ramón Del Río, Emilio Barreto, Miriam Notari, Lucas Godoy, Silvia Villalba, Carlos Balmoriz, Víctor Mujica, Marlene Quiñonez, Gladys Ramírez, Máximo Florentín, Marcos Varela, Álvaro Benítez, Miguel González.

1933 cast: José Barrios, Aníbal Ortiz, Blas Filártiga, Mauro Acosta, Sergio Cardozo, Fidel Fariña, Estanislao Brítez, Juan Ubaldo Godoy, Rolando Sanabria.

Soundtrack

Purahei SoulAuthor: Néstor Amarilla OjedaArrangements: Purahei SoulViolin: Juanchi AlvarezHarp: Juanjo CorbalanGuitar: Miguel NarvaezVocals: Edu BenitezMiguel NarvaezJennifer Hicks

Luis Alberto del Paraná y Los ParaguayosAuthor: Luis Alberto del ParanáLabel: Bluecaps

Luis Alberto del Paraná y Los ParaguayosAuthor: Luis Alberto del Paraná and Julio JaraLabel: Bluecaps

Intérprete: Juan Carlos Oviedo y los Hermanos AcuñaLetra: Emiliano R. FernándezMúsica: Ramón Vargas ColmánLabel: The Song

Online references

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Película paraguaya "La Redención" lanzó fanpage. ultimahora.com. es-ES. 2020-05-08.
  2. Web site: Lanzamiento teaser oficial película paraguaya "La Redención" – OviedoPress. es. 2020-05-08.
  3. Web site: La Redención presentó su tráiler oficial a menos de 2 meses del estreno . La Nación . es.
  4. Web site: 10 September 2015 . EL COMIC PARAGUAYO ENTRE LA HISTORIA Y LA HISTORIETA BOLIVIA Y PARAGUAY UNIDOS A LOS 80 AÑOS DE LA PAZ DEL CHACO . es.
  5. Web site: A Redenção | 13º Festival de Cinema Latino-Americano de São Paulo . pt.
  6. Web site: A Redenção: Críticas AdoroCinema . pt . www.adorocinema.com.
  7. Web site: ANU Film Group - News Archive - Latin American Film Festival at the ANU Film Group. www.anufg.org.au.