Word: borau
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Furtivos. Another in the harsh, backcountry European genre of Padre Padrone, Jose Luis Borau's film manages to capture the hard beauty and violence of a remote area in Spain. Borau fought extensive censorship efforts to produce this strike at Franco's assertion that "Spain is a peaceful forest," and managed to come up with a boxoffice...
Unfortunately, the film often degnerates into a who-will-do-it-to-whom-when style in its look at the violently unstable relationship of a poacher (Ovide Montlior), his possesive mother who harbors incestuous designs, and the beguiling young wife (Alicia Sanchez). Even when Borau becomes overly-fascinated with violence toward the end of the film, however, the beautiful photography and the fine score carry the film...
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