Close-Up is a feature that spotlights films now playing on Mubi. Jorge Thielen Armand's La Soledad (2016) will be showing August 19 - 24 at the Ica in London, and playing on Mubi from September 1 - October 1, 2017 in the United Kingdom. “One might regard architecture as history arrested in stone.”—A. L. Rowse, The Use of HistoryI. End of Home. End of History.In Jorge Thielen Armand’s La Soledad, the home holds many histories. Belonging to the filmmaker’s great-grandparents, this home, dubbed ‘The Solitude’ by its original owners, is an ancient mansion that, in its dereliction, displays its years like folds in the skin. Each crack creeping down the wall, straggling weed searching up through the paving, or unidentifiable stain spreading across the wallpaper layers the building with historical information; each tiny mark made tells a small part of a larger, continuing story. From the start of his film about this place,...
- 8/18/2017
- MUBI
MaryAnn’s quick take… An extraordinary blend of documentary and fiction, a strikingly intimate, humane tale of a family, a house, and a nation. Like nothing you’ve seen before. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
It’s a rare thing, and one to give a film lover goosebumps: to discover a movie that truly isn’t like anything you’ve ever seen before. There have been other movies that blend documentary and narrative storytelling, but not many, and none so beautiful as this one. La Soledad, the extraordinary feature debut of Venezuelan filmmaker Jorge Thielen Armand, is a strikingly intimate and humane tale that is simultaneously about a house, a family, a city, and a nation.
The once-grand, now crumbling villa called La Soledad seems to exist in a mystical realm…
Armand’s great-grandparents owned the once-grand,...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
It’s a rare thing, and one to give a film lover goosebumps: to discover a movie that truly isn’t like anything you’ve ever seen before. There have been other movies that blend documentary and narrative storytelling, but not many, and none so beautiful as this one. La Soledad, the extraordinary feature debut of Venezuelan filmmaker Jorge Thielen Armand, is a strikingly intimate and humane tale that is simultaneously about a house, a family, a city, and a nation.
The once-grand, now crumbling villa called La Soledad seems to exist in a mystical realm…
Armand’s great-grandparents owned the once-grand,...
- 8/18/2017
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
“La Soledad” captures the current social and economic situation in Venezuela. The film follows the story of Jose, a young father who has lived with his family in an abandoned mansion. He discovers that the house will soon be demolished and the land will be sold. Check out the exclusive trailer below.
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In a desperate attempt to save his family from becoming homeless, Jose begins to search for a treasure that is rumored to be buried in the house. In his search, Jose realizes that the mansion might be hunted with spirits.
“La Soledad” is the debut feature film for The Venezuelan filmmaker Jorge Thielen Armand, who accomplished a fictive narrative with documentary components. It was screened at the 2016 Venice Film Festival and will have its North American premiere at the Miami Film Festival,...
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In a desperate attempt to save his family from becoming homeless, Jose begins to search for a treasure that is rumored to be buried in the house. In his search, Jose realizes that the mansion might be hunted with spirits.
“La Soledad” is the debut feature film for The Venezuelan filmmaker Jorge Thielen Armand, who accomplished a fictive narrative with documentary components. It was screened at the 2016 Venice Film Festival and will have its North American premiere at the Miami Film Festival,...
- 2/9/2017
- by Yoselin Acevedo
- Indiewire
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