Los Golfos

23 december 2011, pera museum - realism in spanish cinema & Saura, donemin ispanyasi'ni bir grup alt tabaka, umutsuz, unutulan, umursanmayan ve oteki hale getirilmis gencin uzerinden cok basarili isliyor. kamerasi ve kurgu cok iyi kullanilmis, karakterler cok iyi kurulmus. hayatlarinin tek sansina tutunan bir grup gencin, bu sans ugruna yapmadiklarinin kalmamasi ve tabii ki de donemin sosyal yapisinde filmin sonundaki boga durumuna dusmeleri.. onlar matador olmak istedi ama bu imkansizdi.

The plot is rather weak, but there are plenty of things to enjoy. Perhaps chief among them are the portrayals of street life and poverty around Madrid at that time--it's an unflinching look at a rough existence, and Franco's censors didn't like it (it was held up for 2 years, and around 10 minutes of footage had to be cut). There are some stunningly beautiful shots (Juan Julio Baena eventually won an award for his work on this), like a long pan of the outskirts of Madrid at dawn.