El facilitador
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Title / Título (Original)
El facilitador
Title
The Facilitator
Director
Release Date / Fecha de estreno
2014
Language / Idioma
Spanish / español
Country / País
Production Company / Compañía de Producción
Caledioscopio Cine (Ecuador)
Gioimagen Chile (Chile)
Description / Descripción
En la trama, María Gracia Omegna (Elena), una de las actrices más reconocidas de Chile, junto con el actor y el periodista ecuatoriano Francisco ‘Pájaro’ Febres Cordero, atraviesan varios conflictos éticos del ser humano, que confluyen en soluciones vertiginosas, impredecibles. Pero todo gracias a los contactos en el poder que han logrado obtener. La ambientación es uno de los pilares de la película. Los paisajes que muestra el filme son fascinantes, tanto de Quito como del páramo serrano. Y Arreguí consigue, con la trama, dar una sensación de abandono, de tristeza, trasladando a quien la ve a un mundo cruel, lleno de corrupción e injusticias para aquellos desafortunados que no son parte del poder de un político... pero que quieren ser parte de éste. (www.planv.com.ec/culturas/cine/arregui-muestra-la-crueldad-y-la-corrupcion)
A political thriller about human rights, The Facilitator is one of the most successful films to come out of Ecuador in the last few years. When Miguel, a successful businessman, learns he is ill, he asks his estranged daughter Elena to come back to Ecuador. She agrees, but maintains a cold and distant relationship with him, opting to spend most of her time with friends using drugs and alcohol. After a close call with the law, Miguel sends her to spend some time with her grandfather at the family’s estate. In this nostalgic house that bring up so many memories and nightmares, Elena meets her childhood friend Galo, who now promotes water access rights for the indigenous community. Elena is compelled by their way of life and gets involved with the political organization of the community. When her nightmares intensify, Elena starts digging behind the reports of the car accident that supposedly killed her mother. Elena will gradually understand that among family secrets, crimes, corruption, and dark perversions, commitment and beauty can emerge. (Pragda)
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“El facilitador,” Cinegogía, accessed April 29, 2024, https://cinegogia.omeka.net/items/show/658.