Cocote (2017)

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   Siskoid

   Much of the experimentalism in Cocote is a distraction and doesn't really work. If there's intent behind the constant changes in aspect ratio, color and film stock, I could not divine it (it's almost true to say the documentary aspects are in 4:3, but that's not consistent). So let that be. The other barrier to enjoyment is that the mourning rituals go on way too long and are extremely tedious in the third act especially, when you really need the story to ramp up. One stylistic touch that DOES work is that we rarely see the person speaking in any given scene, which may be a way around synchronized sound, but reminds us that this is a story where the unseen is motivating the action. That story: Alberto is part of the servile class and thus a man who doesn't really have to make decisions in his day to day. After his father's death, he's called back to his village where he has to make big decisions that do not mesh well with his Christian faith, seeing as his family practices witchcraft and further want the father avenged. This was no simple death, it was murder by evil men. That's an interesting internal dilemma, and when the story is on, we're interested. And though this voyage back in time makes the rituals meaningful as a meshing of Christianity and Dominican island faiths, it makes us lose the already vague plot. Impressed with some elements, but others get lost in translation or needless experimentation. There's a great 80-minute edit in there somewhere. 7 months 2 weeks ago
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   nbats

   https://ok.ru/video/2695342983707 2 years 2 months ago
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   MMDan

   Kanopy 4 years ago

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