Spain's attempt at neorealism - a countryside family struggles to find a better life in the city. It turns out decent but it's not there with the great achievements of neorealismo. At first, on wonders how such a bleak realist drama could be made in a dictatorship but it's not so illogical when you look closer: a country with the rural population leaving for the city might like to show a family that hopelessly fails doing that and there's an evident focus on conservative Christian values (and crime isn't successful). I certainly wasn't surprised at all that I quickly stumbled upon a scientific paper analyzing gender violence in Surcos, every man seems to beat everyone over honour (with men fighting back) and disobedience (women quietly accept their fate). The "highlight" of this subject is the puppet theater that the puppeteer shows the man who is supposed to sleep in his daughter's room from now on: a woman confronts her husband about losing the couple's money while gambling and gets beaten (and accidentally beheaded), the beating is called the only way to treat your wife. It feels over the top but I have a feeling they were serious about it.
Further reading (gender violence in Surcos):
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&ved=2ahUKEwiukpS2uaHeAhUCDOwKHbeBAD0QFjAEegQIBBAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fdialnet.unirioja.es%2Fdescarga%2Farticulo%2F5428229.pdf&usg=AOvVaw2mx5szuA85N0r6taPgGVoX
Very good film that remains valid for most of part of the world. Forget the talk about gender violence, when the social conditions are such that survival of the "fittest" apply it is clear that the weaker and honest ones are on the loser side. The end is predictable and therefore a give it an 8/10.
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nymets138
Watch it with English subtitles here: https://ok.ru/video/1621147519598Melvelet
Spain's attempt at neorealism - a countryside family struggles to find a better life in the city. It turns out decent but it's not there with the great achievements of neorealismo. At first, on wonders how such a bleak realist drama could be made in a dictatorship but it's not so illogical when you look closer: a country with the rural population leaving for the city might like to show a family that hopelessly fails doing that and there's an evident focus on conservative Christian values (and crime isn't successful). I certainly wasn't surprised at all that I quickly stumbled upon a scientific paper analyzing gender violence in Surcos, every man seems to beat everyone over honour (with men fighting back) and disobedience (women quietly accept their fate). The "highlight" of this subject is the puppet theater that the puppeteer shows the man who is supposed to sleep in his daughter's room from now on: a woman confronts her husband about losing the couple's money while gambling and gets beaten (and accidentally beheaded), the beating is called the only way to treat your wife. It feels over the top but I have a feeling they were serious about it.Further reading (gender violence in Surcos):
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&ved=2ahUKEwiukpS2uaHeAhUCDOwKHbeBAD0QFjAEegQIBBAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fdialnet.unirioja.es%2Fdescarga%2Farticulo%2F5428229.pdf&usg=AOvVaw2mx5szuA85N0r6taPgGVoX
elcid
Very good film that remains valid for most of part of the world. Forget the talk about gender violence, when the social conditions are such that survival of the "fittest" apply it is clear that the weaker and honest ones are on the loser side. The end is predictable and therefore a give it an 8/10.