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VENEZUELA - Yotama Flies Away
Yotama se va volando

After a Christmastime stickup goes sour, surviving gunwoman Beatriz Vázquez [as Yotama] takes elderly musician Asdrúbal Meléndez, his grandson Edgar Ramirez and Ramirez's girlfriend Martha Tarazona hostage in their warehouse apartment. But as everybody settles in—Vázquez showers while brandishing her pistol—captor and Meléndez start to bond, with the old man even bringing in Vázquez's daughter for a visit with the lonely crook/mother. But there's a death in store. Tense, claustrophobic, five-person chamber piece.

Es la época navideña y cuando un atraco armado va mal, la pistolera sobreviviente Beatriz Vázquez [como Yotama] toma de rehenes al músico Asdrúbal Meléndez, a su nieto Edgar Ramirez y a Martha Tarazona, la novia de Ramírez, en su apartamento en un depósito. Pero mientras todos se acomodan –Vázquez se ducha con la pistola en mano– la secuestradora y Meléndez comienzan a amigarse, especialmente cuando el viejo trae la hija de Vázquez para visitar a su madre criminal. Pero hay una muerte en el futuro. Tensa, claustrofóbica pieza de cámara para cinco personas.

DIRECTOR Luis Armando Roche PRODUCTION CO Arsiete C.A., Centro Nacional Autónomo de Cinematografía and Instituto Nacional Autónomo de Cinematografía PRODUCER Marie Françoise Roche SCREENPLAY Carlos Brito, Jacques Espagne and Luis Armando Roche CINEMATOGRAPHY Vitelbo Vázquez EDITOR Giuliano Ferrioli, Yuri Ferrioli and Manuel Márquez. ART DIRECTION Gerald Romer COSTUME DESIGN Gabriela Petrone MUSIC Federico Ruiz CAST Asdrúbal Meléndez, Beatriz Vázquez, Edgar Ramirez, Martha Tarazona and Oriana Meléndez. 2003, Color, 90 min, Spanish with subtitles.

 

 

 


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