MALA (Notes on a city)
Different lives of a city of Peru called MALA, show the daily life of its inhabitants, with their sorrows and joys.
Sacrifice, illusions, unhappy lives and hope for the future.
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MIGUEL ANGEL BARROSODirector
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MIGUEL ANGEL BARROSOWriter
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ÚRSULA SOBENESProducer
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THE INHABITANTS OF MALAKey Cast
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Project Title (Original Language):MALA (Apuntes de una ciudad)
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Project Type:Documentary, Feature
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Genres:REAL LIFE, SOCIAL; EDUCATION; CHILDREN; THEATRE;
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Runtime:1 hour 11 minutes 58 seconds
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Completion Date:January 1, 2017
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Production Budget:7,439 USD
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Country of Origin:Spain
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Country of Filming:Peru
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Language:Spanish
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Shooting Format:DIGITAL
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Aspect Ratio:16/9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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It is dedicated to the film critic and film historian. He has participated in organizing various film festivals as Head of Programming: Atlantic Film Festival (Cadiz); International Ecological Film Festival and Nature of the Canary Islands (Puerto de la Cruz). He has served as Jury Erotic Film Festivals held in Barcelona (Ficeb) and Madrid (Exposex). Short Film Jury Member FESTIVAL OF CINEMA ITALIANO DI MADRID 2008-2009-2010. Jury member of the International Short Film FEST FILM FESTIVAL IMAGO 2009, which has also carried out the development of dedicated and Erotic Film Tribute to Italian director Tinto Brass cycle. He organized the video conference: Italian film Il linguaggio e il mare, within the VII Edizione Settimana Della Lingua Italiana Nel Mondo. He organized the videoconference: the unforgettable Anna Magnani, in tribute to the actress Anna Magnani on the centenary of his birth, held at the Italian Cultural Istituto Madrid. He has published among other books: The beautiful Patricia (Narrative) (2000); Pier Paolo Pasolini: the brutality of coherence (2000); Erotic film 100 Days (2001); Spanish Cinema in 100 Films (2002); Michelangelo Antonioni: Technically Dolce (2006) Marcello Mastroianni From A to Z (2007); The Hundred Best Films of Italian Cinema History (2008); The Hundred Best Films of the twentieth century; The Hundred Best Films French Film History (2009); The Hundred Best Movies British Film History (2011); He has published several books of poetry, among which: I went to hunt the devil (Poetry) He has directed: - LOVE OF PSYCHOANALYSIS (2002) - Short - Silence (2003) - Short - HEART ATTACK HEART BREAK (2011) - Middle - History of Lima, a documentary about the city of Lima (2012) documentary -Largometraje -EVALUNA (2013) -short PIERPAOLO (2016) -Largometraje Currently just finished shooting the documentary: MALA (In assembly process) and: the feature film: NIGHT BACKWARDS (In post-production process) Currently she is collaborating ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL MADRID, organized by the Istituto di Cultura DI MADRID Works as theater writer internet magazine: VISION FILM & TV
Mala es una ciudad cercana a la capital del Perú, Lima. Mi acercamiento a ella tuvo su motivación en un documental anterior titulado "Historias de Lima", donde descubrí esta localidad singular y llena de vida.
Mis motivaciones se basaban más que en acontecimientos relevantes, en sentimientos que necesitaban formar imagenes y llegar a formar la película que yo deseaba, o al menos una aproximación a esa película que estaba en mi cabeza.
Con un equipo reducido hasta el mínimo y con las ideas claras, auqnue sin decidir exactamente el tipo de película que resultaría, nos trasladamos a Mala durante unos días para filmar a sus gentes, que se entregaron con toda la pasión y el desinterés que solo la gente sencilla y llena de esperanza en la vida puede hacer.
Entregar su vida y su confianza a un cineasta que viene con su cámara, con su equipo de sonido, con sus preguntas... es mucho más que lo que un cineasta puede esperar... es una entrega amorosa y una confianza plena que un cineasta no puede traicionar.
La gente siempre tiene la razón cuando te lo da todo sin tener nada... un cineasta lo tiene todo y muchas veces no entrega nada a quien tanto le da...
Mala is a city near the capital of Peru, Lima. My approach to it had its motivation in an earlier documentary entitled "Historias de Lima", where I discovered this unique and lively town.
My motivations were based more on relevant events, feelings that needed to form images and get to form the film that I wanted, or at least an approximation to that film that was in my head.
With a team reduced to the minimum and with clear ideas, although without deciding exactly the type of film that would result, we moved to Mala for a few days to film their people, who surrendered with all the passion and disinterest that only the Simple and hopeful people in life can do.
Delivering your life and your trust to a filmmaker who comes with his camera, his sound equipment, his questions ... is much more than what a filmmaker can expect ... it is a loving commitment and a full confidence that a Filmmaker can not betray.
People are always right when you give everything without having anything ... a filmmaker has it all and often does not deliver anything to those who give him so much
Nuestra pelicula MALA (Notes on a city), aspira a ser no una película, sino un abrazo de confianza y entrega a los habitantes de la ciudad de Mala, que han querido expresarse por sí mismos delante de nuestra cámara, confiando en nosotros. Nos han sonreído, nos han compartido su dolor, sus esperanzas en un futuro a veces incierto, pero en el que creen abiertamente con la Fe ciega de quien nada tienen que perder y sí todo por ganar.
Esperamos de todo corazón que este pequeño grupo de historias (de vidas) toquen de alguna manera las emociones del espectador; le susurren de alguna manera, no solo en el oído, sino en la responsabilidad de reconocer al hermano, por muy diferente que las vidas de uno y otro puedan ser.
Por nuestra parte, como cineastas (artistas y humanos), deseamos haber traspasado el más allá de las imágenes, de las lentes, del proceso de montaje y la posproducción, y haber hecho nacer, sino vida, un soplo de vida.
Our film MALA (Notes on a city), aspires to be not a film, but a hug of confidence and dedication to the inhabitants of the city of Mala, who have wanted to express themselves in front of our camera, trusting us. We have smiled, shared their pain, their hopes in an uncertain future, but in which they openly believe in the Blind Faith of those who have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
We sincerely hope that this small group of stories (of lives) touch the emotions of the spectator in some way; They whisper to him in some way, not only in the ear, but in the responsibility of recognizing the brother, however different the lives of both may be.
For our part, as filmmakers (artists and humans), we wish to have transcended beyond the images, the lenses, the process of assembly and postproduction, and have given birth, but life, a breath of life.