La mujer del animal

2016 [SPANISH]

Action / Drama

1
IMDb Rating 7.1/10 10 541 541

Plot summary

Amparo, a submissive young woman, tries to escape from her strict convent school but falls into the hands of “El Animal,” a violent and abusive man who forces her to become his wife. Trapped by fear and constant mistreatment, she clings to her love for her daughter and her hope for a better life. However, her strength and dignity may not be enough to stand against the cruelty of the ruthless Animal.

Director

Víctor Gaviria Photo
Víctor Gaviria

Top cast

Natalia Polo Photo
Natalia Polo as Amparo Gomez
Tito Alexander Gomez Photo
Tito Alexander Gomez as Libardo Ramirez
Jesús Vásquez Photo
Jesús Vásquez as Jesús
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1.03 GB
1280*720
Spanish 2.0
NR
Subtitles bg   cz   us   hr   hu   mk   pl   ro   sl   sr  
25 fps
1 hr 55 min
Seeds 1
2.12 GB
1920*1080
Spanish 5.1
NR
Subtitles bg   cz   us   hr   hu   mk   pl   ro   sl   sr  
25 fps
1 hr 55 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by mlgcontentlib 8 / 10

The reality

Another reviewer called the director the Victoria De sica of Colombia or Latino filmmaking. I might agree. The director certainly knows what he's doing. The plot moves along well and his insistence on shooting locally renders a gritty realism. This was not an easy watch but a realistic one that tourists and even Colombia's urbanites do not see. The acting is really good and the camera work is as well. These types of experiences are not limited to the barrios of Medellín, I witnessed the same predatory behavior in many of the small town favelas in Brasil not up close and personal but the impotence of the locals in policing themselves since the state clearly ignores these types of realities. I want to underscore that the acting was on a level that legitimized this whole filmmaking cinema verite approach. Kudos to the filmmaker for having the stones to do this. So much content nowadays is formulaic and incredibly shallow productions to feed the streaming machines like Netflix etc. I've missed meaningful Cinema and this fulfills that charter.
Reviewed by BartholomewRoberts 6 / 10

Powerful story, cringe production

The extremely low budget it's the biggest setback of this movie. The story tells the story of Amparo and his "husband" the Animal, doing so it shows a whole circle of human behavior, from the childish naive young girl, to the despicable sexual predator, passing by the permittivity of some families and the code of silence in the poorest communities with the complicity of the total absence of the state of law and the cruel living conditions in the outskirts of Medellin, Colombia.With a film industry lacking of good strong story's but full of remakes, CGI and big explosions, this kind of movies are a breath of fresh air. Sadly Victor Gaviria is too stubborn and vindicate his style by perpetuating the extreme "humble" production as a realism dogma. It's true that the veracity of the story is lever up by filming on location. But there are plenty of examples of great filmmaking doing the same thing with much better production, the best example would be Fernando Meirelle's Cidade de Deus (2002) aka "City of God". To sum it up: Humble production it's not equal to more realism. Still is a good movie, but maybe not for the typical audience.
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