La bala de Sandoval
A near-death experience can be a Rorschach test for how much weight we place on coincidence. Two such incidents would make anyone consider the existence of fate. Jean-Jacques Martinod’s camera finds quiet contemplation in a tropical rainforest in Ecuador, while we hear death-defying Isidro Varga (and his brother) recollect the times when a bullet and a broken bottle nearly ended his life. The tone of Martinod’s film hovers between carefree nonchalance and pensive caution: as if to say that chance and destiny are unexpected neighbours.
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Film details
- Country of production
- Ecuador
- Year
- 2019
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 18"
- Medium/Format
- DCP
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