La Tirisia
First screened in September 2014
Director: Jorge Pérez Solano. Cast: Adriana Paz, Gabriela Cartol, Noé Hernández, Gustavo Sánchez Parra. Screenplay: Jorge Pérez Solano. Twitter Capsule:
Drama of rural Mexican women in tight spots. Heavy tone; title means "Perpetual Sadness." Well acted and shot.
VOR:③
Certainly some overlap with arthouse images and tropes we've seen before. Still, film blends the folkloric and the grimly realistic with powerful, unshowy dexterity.
