Monday, April 23, 2012

Not So Modern Times

Argentina

Wry, sardonic take on modern life.

A sheepherder living in a remote region of the pampas receives a satellite TV from a government program and finds his life changing. He gets hooked on stupid soap operas and dating shows coming from Buenas Aires and pushes his native skills and sensibility to the background. The final scene shows him singing the theme song from the soap in the traditional manner...strumming his guitar with snow-capped mountains in the distance.

Nicely underplayed with a great lead actor.

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