CRÍTICAS MONAS

Queridos visitantes. HOY ESTOY PRESUMIDOSO. Les cuento que nuestro largometraje Aurora Boreal (como aún se le conoce) participó en el International Film Festival of Kerala en Diciembre, uno de los festivales de cine más importantes de India al que, por desgracia, no pudimos asistir a pesar de su amable invitación.
Pues bien, buscando en internet información acerca de cómo se puso el festival, me topé con dos reseñas acerca de nuestra película.
La primera es de dearcinema.com (India's1st world cinema portal). La segunda es de FIPRESCI (The International Federation of Film Critics).

Están muy chidas (se los dice alguien que también sabe lo que es recibir duras críticas). Pero con estas me siento rete contento. YEIII =)

Se las dejo, ahí me dicen qué opinaron...

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IFFK 08: Amazing Films from Mexico

By Jugu Abraham

One of the most delightful films for me in the entire festival was the Mexican entry “Aurora Boreal.” It might sound a strange name for a Mexican film. Aurora borealis, the correct Latin term, is one of the sights the main protagonist wishes to see before he dies. It is a celestial phenomenon seen in the Arctic Circle on certain nights. I personally share that wish. The subject of the film is of a young boy who loves to carry a camcorder and knows how to use it very well. Yet he wants to commit suicide. The brilliance of the film is the ability of the director to retain the interest of the viewer right up to final seconds of the film and transforming a morbid tale into an exciting tale. The film gradually reveals the motive that leads a 14-year old to behave in this manner in a most engaging manner. The director, writer, and editor of the film Sergio Tovar Velarde was deservedly rewarded when the film won best film award in Mexican National Awards of 2007."

Fuente: http://dearcinema.com/iffk-08-5-amazing-films-from-mexico

"Aurora Boreal"
By Rohini Kumar

Sergio Tovar Velarde's Aurora Boreal is a video testimony of Mariano, a fourteen year old who is about to commit suicide. We gradually get closer to him as we discover the reasons that drove him to such a desperate decision. He is sliding away from his family as he is haunted by the guilt he takes upon himself for the retardation of his younger most brother, the beloved of the family.

The introspection upon the inner torments that drives him to that dark decision slowly unravels the opposite within him: the reasons why he should live. He ends up discovering that suicide does not solve anything. The visuals of the film vibe closely with the dark and disturbing, yet deeply humane, theme.

The narrative makes brilliant use of the documentary format to record the testimonies of people around the protagonist and weaves them together to deliver a positive, life-affirming message. The film reminds one of the words of Carl Gustav Jung: "As far as we can discern the sole purpose of human existence is kindly alight in the darkness of mere being."

Rohini Kumar
© FIPRESCI 2008

Pues ya está... si en Hollywood no me quieren, Bollywood será la opción!