Are you stuck at home and don’t know what to look at next? Although many theaters across the country remain closed by the pandemic, several films continue to be thrown on Internet streaming platforms.
If you’re up for your next movie night, here are some movies with Latin American or Latin American skills from streaming sites and more: independent vendors have also joined the virtual cinema trend and are offering even more movies for the value of an entry. .
You could have heard of “La Llorona”, the legend that frightened many young people at the thought of a wandering and crying woman spirit, cursed for drowning their own children. In this edition of La Llorona, the outstanding Guatemalan director Jayro Bustamante adapts the legend with a new creative twist. She remains a terrifying spirit, but now it is a spirit manifested as a result of a wonderful injustice: the genocide of countless other indigenous people who have been killed or disappeared at the hands of a ruthless army leader. Linking the horrors of the afterlife with the lingering injustices of the present, “La Llorona” glimpses a form of supernatural justice, where a circle of rich and hard relatives who have benefited from such atrocities receives the scale of the aggrieved mind.
You can broadcast it on Shudder.
This year’s Oscars would possibly appear as a global outlet now, but ahead of this year’s rite in February, this quiet Peruvian drama about a team of father-son artists was the country’s access to the Oscars. Unfortunately, he was not one of the Oscar nominees, however, his moving story came to Netflix. Located in the picturesque mountains of the Peruvian countryside, a son learns the specialized trade of his father in the elaboration of altarpieces – three-dimensional folk and devout paintings – for local families. But their close relationship is threatened when his father’s hidden adventures, with men, become a public scandal. Now the child will have to decide between the status through the appearance of his father or abandon him.
You can do this on Netflix.
Perhaps the summer welfare documentary, Cristina Costantini and Kareem Tabsch’s affectionate tribute, “Much Love”, is a must for all who grew up watching – or are curious – the past extravagant and cloaked astrologer, Walter Mercado. Sometimes described as a Latino from Liberace, the documentary functions as an advent of Puerto Rican astrologer whom millions of other people came to in search of convenience and wisdom and as a nostalgic adventure for those who knew him through his many predictions on television, radio and television. in the papers. Between interviews with Mercado and its former affiliates and colleagues, the documentary explores what it meant to its Latin American and Latin American audience, as well as why many still place him as a desirable figure.
You can do this on Netflix.
In this heartbreaking, semi-autobiographical account by Mexican director Kishi Leopo, a circle of Mexican relatives arrives in the United States with little more than hoping to one day go to Disneyland. As the mother begins to take several jobs and her two young children adapt to their new reality, they place goodness in unforeseen situations and even many difficulties. Together they will have to fight tiredness, boredom, the unpleasant young people of the community and the declining funds with a recorder, determination and imaginative stories to maintain their hopes. The film won the Grand Jury Prize at the Berlin Film Festival.
You can do it on HBO.
In Monterrey, Mexico, a young man, Ulysses and his friends shape a dance organization that shapes a slow remix of cumbia known as Kolombia. Unfortunately, his organization becomes too close to a gang and Ulysses is forced to flee his home, friends and circle of relatives after witnessing a massacre. Now living in the United States, the seventeen-year-old dancer will have to locate his path to life in an entirely new world. Full of music and dance but suffering from migration, identity and culture, Ulysses’ complicated odyssey is more than the typical “come to America” story, where everything goes well. It is a procedure that is never less complicated as the months go by and space seems like a dream a long time ago.
You can do this on Netflix.
Many have won the news of a live adaptation of Nickelodeon’s popular children’s exhibition “Dora the Explorer” with some skepticism. How would live actors capture the spirit of the show’s positive and courageous explorer? The answer turned out to be to position Dora’s infinite seriousness in the face of today’s indifference and greed for a wonderful comic effect. The result is an intelligent film with a captivating cast that includes Isabel Moner, Michael Pea, Eva Longoria and Eugenio Derbez who entertained adults and young people.
You can do this on Amazon Prime.
If you’re willing to spend a few extra dollars to hire a movie, you can watch the Colombian drama “Days of the Whale,” which follows a young graffiti pair battling gang violence, the stop-motion animation excites the Chilean horror movie.” The Wolf House”, which reinvents an enchanted folk tale in a fantastic nightmare, and the Brazilian sci-fi western “Array”, which follows the revolt of a city opposite violent invaders and corrupt politicians. “Bacurau” will air on video-on-demand platforms such as Google Play or Amazon, but will premiere on August 20 on Criterion Channel.
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