Spanish film 'El Sur' is a poetic meditation about an extraordinarily complex father-daughter relationship which takes place in a remote location in North Spain.Although this film does not have any grandiose narrative structure, nevertheless it manages to attract viewers' sympathies as all characters have been given ample screen time to present their view points.Taking today's films as yardstick,the pace of this film is little slow but a fairly regular sequences of events does all possible justice to the topic portrayed.By making 'El Sur' Spanish director Victor Erice has created a sincere work of art about the richness of family life.Based on a novel by Spanish writer Adelaida García Morales,El Sur gives a very clear idea about the hidden identity of a person.It is through this film viewers learn that the secrets of some identities are revealed only when somebody is compelled to come to the bottom of a past life in order to throw some light on that person's motives for putting oneself in that situation.Lastly,every country is made to grapple with its north versus south division.It is also evident in this film as people from south left their area in order to settle in north Spain.
Review of El Sur
El Sur
(1983)
Spanish director Victor Erice's 'El Sur' was voted 6th best Spanish film in 1996.
26 October 2015