"Rabia": a great (but unknown) chilean movie

Today, i’ll write about the movie i see last weekend. This is Rabia, a chilean film of Oscar Cárdenas. This is not my favourite movie, but i really like it.

Camila Sepúlveda is a young and qualifyed woman, but she is unemployed. She has been looking for a job for one year, but she couldn’t find one. In the movie, Camila goes to many interviews, then, she has to compite against other womans for one place to work. Some of then, are very qualyfied, others, are prettier, or have some influences.”Pituto”, in the chilean vocabulary.

One year is too much time, but Camila is resigned. Her secretary courses and willigness to Work, are not enought. She is angry, she feels rage against the sistem, the limited opportunities, the daily routine, the life. But she still trying, everyday, taking care of presentation and the words she uses. Why do you think you could’t find a work? A man asked her. Lucky, she says.

“Rabia” is an interesting movie, because it helps us to reflect about our society, our relationship with work (sometimes, it seams we live for work, not work for live). Oscar Cárdenas, director and writter, uses the improvisation of actors to shows us natural dialogs and reactions. He uses an intimal camera, very close, to shows the actor’s impressions.

The movie has been filmed in just two days, wih two Mine DV cameras (the same you should use to recording birthday parties, or somethin else) and a seven people staff. This is part of the director’s astuteness, on use the minimal resourses to obtain great outputs.

In Fact, the movie was recieved a good critical and was presented in many cinema festivals around the World.

I really recommend you. You can find it on Icei’s library, for free.