Bad Hair (Pelo Malo) (Blu-ray)
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Blu-ray BD-R Details
- Run Time: 1 hours, 33 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: August 18, 2015
- Originally Released: 2014
- Label: Global Lens
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Beto Benites, Samantha Castillo & Samuel Lange Zambrano | |
Directed by | Mariana Rondon |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: B+ --
In Mariana Rondon's heart-rending coming-of-age film, individuality stands little chance against the madding crowd of urban Venezuela.
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Willamette Week
Mariana Rondón...uses her knowledge and background from Barquisimeto, Venezuela to her advantage, beautifully capturing the setting and making the audience feel as if they are there, experiencing Latin America along with their family.
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FF2 Media
Rating: 3/5 --
Venezuelan filmmaker Mariana Rondòn deftly explores gender roles and how poverty can amplify the prejudices against defying them.
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Seventh Row
Rating: 3/5 --
An imperfect yet endearing portrait of the complex sentiment that met the end of Chávez's rule in Venezuela, this affectionately articulated adolescent drama manages to take a few caustic swipes at the society that surrounds it.
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CineVue
Rating: 3/5 --
A quietly perceptive work that teases out insights without undue strain.
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Guardian
Rating: 4/5 --
With two combustible lead performances and a vibrant representation of the high-rise life among Venezuela's working poor, Rondón leads an assured dance through universal themes of poverty, family and sexuality.
Little White Lies
Rating: B+ --
There's a sense of being trapped that permeates "Bad Hair" - trapped in your own flesh, trapped in circumstances, trapped in the family you're born into.
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Detroit News
Description by OLDIES.com:
Nine-year-old Junior lives in the chaotic city of Caracas with his haggard, out-of-work single mother and baby brother. Fixated on his appearance, Junior is convinced that his mother would love him more if he was able to tame the stubbornly curly hair -- or bad hair -- he inherited from his absent father. But as he grows increasingly obsessed with his hair, his mother, in turn, finds him too difficult to handle -- and a showdown looms. Bad Hair is an official selection of the prestigious, award-winning Global Lens Collection presented by the Global Film Initiative. In Spanish, with English subtitles.
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 100,274
- UPC: 818522012339
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
- International Shipping: 1 item