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Sombra Dolorosa

Genre

Narrative-Fiction

Directed By

Guy Maddin

Date: Jan 2004
Length: 00:07:00
Process: Colour
Country: Canada
Language: English
Shooting Format: 16 mm
Sound Format: Dialogue, Music

Synopsis

In this Maxi-Mexi-Melancolour short, the widow Paramo attempts to prevent further familial tragedy - her daughter Dolores wants to join her father, the recently deceased Don Paramo, in death - by taking on El Muerto, Death himself, in the wrestling ring. While the widow struggles in the ring with her undefeatable opponent, Doloroes jumps into a river to end it all, but is saved by a handsome Samaritan, who brings her to the wrestling auditorium just in time to see a most mystical, death-affirming curiosity. And the sadness just won't stop!

Tags

death, eclipse, Mexican, suicide, surreal, wrestling

Credits

Director
Guy Maddin
Writer
Guy Maddin
Producer
Jody Shapiro, Phyllis Laing, Niv Fichman
Cinematographer
Len Peterson
Editor
John Gurdebeke
Sound Design
Russ Dyck
Production Design
Réjean Labrie
Music
Denis Frajerman, Paz Family Mini-Mariachis
Cast
CindyMarie Small, Isaac Paz, Juan Portillo, Talia Pura

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