Cocote
Original version in SpanishSubtitled in English
Directed by Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias
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ARGENTINA , Germany , Dominican Republic | 106 minutes | 2017
Deadly vengeance and voodoo are on the menu of this feature about one family’s outrage when their debt-ridden patriarch is assassinated by a local bigwig. Deliberately anarchic in its approach, this singular entry (a winner at Locarno 2017) from an up-and-coming Dominican filmmaker follows a gardener employed at a wealthy Santo Domingo villa as he returns home to his remote village to mourn his father. Cocote’s power undeniably lies in its rendition of the explosive energy of the nine-day burial ritual. Exhausting but breathtaking.
IN COMPETITON
Meilleur film (prix Signs of life) - Locarno 2017
Programs
Sunday October 8, 2017
Program #12117:00
Cineplex Odeon Quartier SALLE 17
Wednesday October 11, 2017
Program #20316:50
Cineplex Odeon Quartier SALLE 10
Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias
No biography
distribution and credits
- Screenplay Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias
- Interpreter Vicente Santos, Yuberbi De La Rosa, Enerolisa Núñez
contact
- Luxbox
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