Monthly Archives: September 2010

“La Yuma”, Central America’s crude reality

La Yuma

La Yuma

Isolated, suffering from clichés, far away from North America, but also from the South… Central America today is a victim of the syndrome of indifference. And the few incursions of this region of the world on the media theater only occur for tragic events or natural disasters. So when the cinema is interested in it and offers an insight into the daily life of a poor neighborhood of Managua Continue reading

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The gold of the Incas deserved better

"L'or des Incas"

"L'or des Incas"

… Much better than the “Pinacothèque”, in Paris. From September 10 to February 6, the Paris museum offers a collection of nearly 300 pieces – pottery, jewelry, fabrics … – from 3000 years of history. This is one of the first shortcuts of the exhibition, which announces “the gold of the Incas”, while the Incas only cover a very small minority of the collection.

But this is not the most important. We can obviously appreciate the effort of the exhibition to share the knowledge of civilizations that preceded the Incas (Mochica, Huari, Sipan …) Continue reading

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“My classics” : Cochochi

Cochochi

Cochochi

Cochochi is an unidentified cinematographic object. Some will think it is very slow, some will think the scenario is weak. But just sit comfortably and watch it. And dream. Because it is a movie talking to your dreams. In the Sierra Tarahumara, in the North of Mexico, two young boys, Evaristo and Luis Antonio, just finish their school year. Continue reading

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