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Baroque

1989 · 115 min

A drifting, image-and-sound collage that asks you to surrender to texture and history rather than follow a story.

Overview
A series of images, music and sounds which transport through Mexico's history, without any narrative sequence. The film spins constantly round the question 'Where are the singers from?'

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • art
    • music
    • memory
    • identity
    • politics
    Places
    • countryside
    • big city
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • nonlinear
    • documentary
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism6
    Romance2
    Tension2
    Darkness4
    Complexity8
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary, drama, music, history
    Directed by
    Paul Leduc
    Written by
    Jesús Díaz, Paul Leduc, José Joaquín Blanco
    Starring
    Francisco Rabal, Ángela Molina, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Roberto Sosa, Alberto Pedro, Silvio Rodríguez, Pablo Milanés
    Runtime
    115 min
    Country
    Mexico, Spain, Cuba
    Languages
    Spanish

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