On Saturday I went to see 'trumpet Sad Ballad' by Alex de la Iglesia. While waiting for another type of film, I did not disappoint. The director himself describes the as "a grotesque tragedy of macabre humor, and that's exactly what it is. I had read that the story told of a dispute between two clowns and a woman. However, it is much more than that: it is an ode to madness, an interpretation of the limits of this in a context that extends from the Civil War to the coming years to the death of Franco. And, primarily, a critique of the darkest history of our country, depicting a war between two clowns, the two main actors of a circus (Spain).
Carlos Areces and Antonio De la Torre are the two clowns who are fighting for love of a libertine trapeze, Carolina Bang: the clown happy and sad clown face to face, as in the bloodiest war or colder revenge. Large doses of violence, blood in torrents, surrealism and jet-black humor are the qualities of this movie, masterpiece to some, not recommended for others. As he had heard, the Basque director returns to his roots, with a grotesque work, seized absolute chaos voluntary aesthetic. You may like it or maybe not, but since I will certainly not remain indifferent. Anyone would have been 17 years since Action Mutant ...
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