Monday, February 06, 2006

WORLD CINEMA AUDIENCE PRIZE, DOCUMENTARY: DE NADIE (NO ONE )



Despite sometimes heavy-handed efforts to tug at audience heart-strings, debutant Mexican helmer Tin Dirdamal's "No One" reps a moving portrait of Central American immigrants passing through Mexico to El Norte in search of a better life. Central American subjects interviewed recount appalling tales of beatings and worse encountered en route from gangsters and police, but still cherish fragile hopes for the future. Slickly assembled pic will put a human face on familiar statistics at further fests and liberally inclined cablers, and make Dirdamal a talent to watch.
More

No comments: