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Luis Alberto Garcia,
Luis Alberto Garcia,
Coralia Veloz,
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Fernando Perez,
Fernando Perez
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: New Yorker Video
: Drama, Foreign, Spain, Latin America
: 106 min.
: Spanish
: English
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A group of Havana bohemians look for love in the drama La Vida Es Silbar. Bebe (Bebe Perez) is an 18-year-old living in Cuba who was raised in an orphanage along with her two best friends, petty thief Elpidio (Luis Alberto Garcia) and aspiring dancer Mariana (Claudia Rojas). Another of Bebe's pals is Julia (Coralia Veloz), who is so shy she faints when she hears the word "sex;" fortunately, she works in a retirement home and doesn't hear it very often. Bebe serves as our guide as we follow the romantic misadventures of her three friends. When Elpidio lifts the wallet of Chrissy (Isabel Santos), a tourist who has traveled to Havana via balloon; he finds himself intrigued and calls her, hoping to put a romance into motion. Mariana meets another dancer, attractive Ismael (Joan Manuel Reyes), and soon finds herself struggling to maintain her composure. And when Julia is sent to an analyst (Rolando Brito) to do something about her shyness, she finds herself becoming increasingly attracted to the doctor. Noted for its stylish visual sense, La Vida Es Silbar played several of the world's top film festivals in 1999, including the Sundance, Berlin, Munich and Karlovy Vary Film Festivals. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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by squad
December 12, 2004 - 4:27 PM PST
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2 out of 3 members found this review helpful
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| I did a pretty good search after viewing "Life..." but no one seems to know exactly what was being said in the movie. My guess is that movie making in Cuba if it is to be permitted, can't really come right out and say what needs to be said. It is about the use of language, political language, and that it is better to whistle than to speak, when words are loaded with double meaning. There is patriotic love and human love, the two entirely different. At the same time as with the ballet dancer, erotic love and artistic interpretation are closely associated. One is private and one is for the public, and it is better to "whistle" your way through the confusing maze, than to do the impossible. As the fisherman says powerfully at one point, "Nobody is perfect". There is also the element of the statism of the "perfect political being" and the inner conflict that perfectionism creates in the human psyche. That's my take on it. The movie is very visually entertaining with good looks at Havana, the ballet, and some really nice surreal posing with greenery, the sky, the sea, and lovers. The music with Latin strings in a minor chord was similar to the score of "Orfeu". I found the movie very interesting, but you really do need to stretch to find the intent of the director. |
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