
AmetaphorofanightmareinArgentina.Thisexellentfilmregardingaseclusionplacewherementallyinstablecharacterslive,isundoubtelyaspecialvisionofacurioussituationthatistypicalinArgentina.Furthermoreifwenoticetheyearitwasfilmedin,andwerealizethattherewasadictatorshipatthatmoment,webegintointerchangemorepersonallywiththosecharactersrelatingtheirstorywiththatofa"Caligari"ofa"Brazil"situation,inthesensethatonecanexpressoneselfundersuchterriblesituationsonlybyshowingcharactersthatgomad.Inotherwords,thenormalpeopleofrealityarereallythequestionedonesinsuchaauthoritariancontext.MrDoriahadalreadyfilmedtwofeaturesthathadstrongproblemswithaterrifyingcensorshipandinthismoviehestillfindsthestrengthtofilminterestingandgoodqualitystories.Itisoutstandingthatthisartistalwaysstoodfirminhiscreativeconvictions,eventhroughthoseblackyears.Hisfollowingcareerproveshisauthenticityasamasterofmoviemaking.<br/> LitaStanticisoneofthemostimportantproducersworkinginthe"NewArgentineCinema",responsibleforthedebutfilmsofsomeofthemostcriticallywellregardednewargentinianfilmmakerssuchasLucreciaMartel,PabloTrapero,andIsraelAdriánCaetano.ShehasbeenworkingintheArgentinecinemasinceshewashiredasanassistantdirectorforthefilmDiariodecampamento(1965).Stanticthenbeganmakingshortfilmsinthemid1960s,butthenchangedherfocustoadvertising.SheremainedactiveinArgentinecinemaviathe"CineLiberacion,"anundergroundproductionanddistributioncollectivethatsecretlyshowedfilmsthatwouldhaveotherwisebeenbannedinArgentinabythemilitarygovernment.Duringthepoliticallytumults1970sinArgentina,StanticworkedonoveradozenfilmsincludingAlejandroDoria'sLaisla(1979),whichwasthefirstArgentinefilmtobeabox-officehitduringthedictatorship.Duringthe1980ssheestablishedGEACinematografica,herownproductioncompany.Then,later,LitaStanticProductions.Whenthe"NewArgentineCinema"beganinthelate1990s,shehasproducedfilmswhichhavebeencriticallywidelyacclaimed.FilmssuchasARedBear,LaCiénaga,Bolivia,TheHolyGirlandothers.





