Peru: Review of 'Tarata'

Rodrigo Bedoya has reviewed the new Peruvian film Tarata for El Comercio: read the full piece in Spanish here. He has reservations about the movie, which he sees as being better conceived then executed.

Por momentos la cinta busca ser una especie de “Greatest Hits” del terrorismo: arrestos extrajudiciales, intervención del ejército en universidades, coches bomba, desapariciones, toque de queda, entre otros. Al querer abarcarlos todos, la película se queda solo en la ilustración: ninguno de esos temas están tratados con la pausa o la tensión narrativa necesaria para que podamos sentirlos como reales. Una mayor concentración le hubiera servido al filme para que pueda trabajar mejor su propuesta.

Sometimes the film is trying to be a sort of "Greatest Hits" of terrorism: extrajudicial arrests, the intervention of the army in universities, car bombs, disappearances, curfews, among others. In trying to cover all of these, the film only remains an illustration: none of the themes is treated with the depth or narrative tension required for us to feel that it is real. A better focus would have allowed the film to deal with its premise in a better way. [trans mine]

"Tarata" y el cine peruano (Mil ojos)