About CUCHILLO DE PALO - Marta Andreu & Renate Costa (interview)

CUCHILLO DE PALO
Spain 2010 91’

Directed by: Renate Costa

Renate Coste affectionately recalls his uncle, his arrest, torture, release, and later death from «sadness», as those who knew him said. His journey is personal and political, in a country - Paraguay - which has yet to come to terms with its past. Personal remembrances, archival footage and testimonials of fellow resistance members and relatives combine to make "Cuchillo de palo" a politically courageous film built around an elaborate and winning narrative.

Movie Details

Language: Spanish

Year of production: 2010

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Country: Italy

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    51° Festival dei Popoli

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  • Festival dei Popoli on 25 November at 09:32

    51 FESTIVAL DEI POPOLI AWARD to the BEST FILM
    CUCHILLO DE PALO
    by Renate Costa (Spain, 2010)

    Motivation: "This film succeeds in articulating an investigation both into the film-maker’s family story and into the memory of the repression of Stroessner’s dictatorhip in Paraguay. Avoiding the pitfalls of the genre it offers a profoundly honest, personal, political and feminist film."