La Pared de las Palabras
The Wall of Words
Trailer
Luis' mother will stop at nothing for her severely disabled son. With everyday existence in Cuba a challenge in itself, she attempts to ease her psychiatry-bound son's suffering with extra food. It was like this from the very beginning, and the younger, “healthy” son always felt neglected. Luis was both mentally and physically disabled from birth and thus unable to communicate with those around him, neither in word nor gesture.
Fernando Pérez's LA PARED DE LAS PALABRAS film on pain and the limits thereof is to be understood more as a metaphor for the inability to communicate, as opposed to a reflection on the situation of disabled people on Cuba. The performance of Jorge Perrugoría (who in fact also produced the film) as Luis is truly outstanding. WMH
DCP | Farbe / colour
Zuzel Monne, Fernando Pérez Valdés
Raul Perez Ureta
Edesio Alejandro
Jorge Perugorría, Isabel Santos, Laura de la Uz, Verónica Lynn, Carlos Enrique Almirante, Ana Gloria Buduén, Maritza Ortega
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Fernando Pérez Valdés - born 1944 in Havana, Cuba. He graduated from the University of Havana with a degree in Spanish literature and linguistics. In 1971, he began working as an assistant director, before directing his first documentary in 1975. Since the nineties, his films garnered international recognition and awards.
CRÓNICA DE LA VICTORIA (1975, short, doc)
OMARA (1983, short, doc)
CLANDESTINOS (1987)
MADAGASCAR (1995)
LA VIDA ES SILBAR (1998)
MADRIGAL (2007)
JOSÉ MARTÍ: EL OJO DEL CANARIO (2010)