La segunda muerte

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La segunda muerte
La segunda muerte poster.jpg
Film poster
Directed by Santiago Fernández Calvete
Screenplay byVictoria Pedemonte
Cinematography Darío Sabina
Edited by Mariana Quiroga
Distributed by Agustina Lecouna
Tomás Lizzio
Guillermo Arengo
Mauricio Dayub
Release dates
  • April 14, 2012 (2012-04-14)(BAFICI) [1]
  • March 13, 2014 (2014-03-13)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryArgentine
LanguageSpanish

La segunda muerte (English: The Second Death) is a 2012 Argentinian horror/drama. The film concerns a small village in the pampas which is plagued by mysterious deaths that a young, clairvoyant boy attributes to the Virgin Mary. As of 2017, it is only available on home video in South America.

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Plot

A young boy, about 9 or 10 years old, and his adult man (if that man is the boy's father or not, is unclear) - but while driving on a low-traffic road does at least the boy see the strange face of a woman, just as a flash lightens up the environment. The day after, is a totally burned body found on the same road. A young good looking female police officer has to deal with the mystery. The forensic doctor says "it must have been the lightning". But somehow does the boy feel that's all wrong. And the young police officer is suspicious as well. And after have talked with the boy, she decides that the boy and his possible dad must stay in the village, for a few days. Then a second badly burnt body is found, and this time the forensic doctor cannot blame it on the weather. But still he gives the diagnosis "dead by a lightning hit" - again. He simply has no other explanation.

However, the police officer realises that this simply cannot be a question of two flashes from the sky. And the young boy appear to see certain things, which he dare not share with the adult man with whom he's travelling. After a third equal death do some of the villagers conclusions of their own, but they do not wish to share their theories with the police. Instead comes the village's priest in focus for them. This time does the forensic analyst suggest "spontaneous self-burning", but the truth is that he hasn't got a clue about what has happened. The young boy can see some things from the past, and it becomes obvious that something evil hit the village 30 or 40 years ago. A dead woman has as some kind of ghost returned to the little village, in order to avenge some kind of old injustice.

Cast

Reception (in Spanish)

Adolfo C. Martínez en La Nación opinó:

”Sobre la base de personajes sombríos y por momentos delirantes la historia se va transformando en un thriller que sorprende por su arriesgada puesta en escena que gira entre la exposición minimalista y la ensoñación más etérea hasta llegar a un final sorprendente…. cruza entre el policial y lo fantástico…cuenta con elementos del llamado cine de género, pero ellos no están conjugados de una manera previsible y es, en algún punto, un film más de climas que de efectismo. El director…logró, a pesar de algunas vacilaciones en el relato, crear un entramado que gira en preguntas y respuestas que parecen no tener fin y van complejizándose. La apoyatura del relato halló en Agustina Lecouna, como esa policía que intenta hallar su verdad en medio de estos macabros hechos, a una actriz de indudables méritos, en tanto que el resto del elenco supo salir indemne de la creación de unos personajes singulares siempre dispuestos a esclarecer o a enturbiar el camino de la protagonista. No son menos importantes los rubros técnicos, sobre todo la fotografía y la música, que apoyaron con calidad a esta producción.” [2]

Isabel Croce en La Prensa dijo:

”La película mezcla elementos policiales y fantásticos en un formato de cine negro, que abunda en elementos esotéricos y mezcla las historias de los protagonistas, con creencias, prejuicios, hipocresías y efectos especiales que favorecen la creación de un ámbito especialmente onírico. En síntesis es una historia de género, con buen ritmo narrativo y diálogos que dejan un poco que desear por los lugares comunes y ciertas recurrencias a frases armadas. Correctas son las actuaciones de Agustina Lecouna, Mauricio Dayub, Guillermo Arengo y Germán De Silva..” [3]

Diego Brodersen en Página 12 escribió:

”Santiago Fernández Calvete, hace algunos pero no todos los deberes y entrega un exponente del thriller sobrenatural que les escapa a algunos de los clichés de este tipo de relato (pero no a todos) e intenta darles una vuelta de tuerca a las historias de horror religioso. No es poca cosa, pero tampoco parece ser suficiente, en particular si se la compara (odiosa o amorosamente) con algunas de sus posibles fuentes de inspiración extranjeras….La segunda muerte presenta su relato de muerte y venganza en una paleta de colores desteñidos, elección estética que se intuye un poco más arbitraria que otras. A cambio, el rodaje en parajes del interior de la provincia de Buenos Aires (fundamentalmente, Rafael Obligado) le brinda a la historia un clima particular y unívoco, que remite en la memoria del espectador a mitos y leyendas del interior….típico film de guión, ilustrado por una puesta en escena que a veces logra generar climas enrarecidos y en otros se ensimisma en travellings académicos y encuadres de manual. Finalmente, y más allá del molesto uso de su voz en off a modo de coro griego, la actriz Agustina Lecouna compone a la heroína titular con caracúlica testarudez, y soporta sobre sus hombros gran parte del peso dramático del relato. Si el film nunca desbarranca es gracias a ella y a un reparto de secundarios que se banca lo que venga. [4]

Broadcasts on television

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References

  1. "BAFICI 2012 - Film | la segunda muerte".
  2. La segunda muerte por Adolfo C. Martínez en La Nación del 13 de marzo de 2014. Acceso 2-6-2015
  3. Una arriesgada mujer policía. Publicada en La Prensa del13 de marzo de 2014. Acceso 2-6-2015
  4. Terror sobrenatural en el interior profundo por Diego Brodersen public. en Página 12 del 13 de marzo de 2014. Acceso 2-6-2015