VENICE 2021: El Gran Movimiento
VENICE 2021Kiro Russo's El Gran Moviemento undoubtedly is a feature that has something to say: taking aim with themes such as homelessness, warring words of the new versus the old. Its well shot by cinematographer Pablo Paniagua, who captures the mood perfectly well with a city that bubbles and nature that provides – elements that feed back into the attempted thematics but are arguably the only source of immersion that the feature can hold in its entirety.
Again, the material present is intriguing enough with its discourse of the perception of homelessness and the new world, slowly but surely, eating up the old world. The content is here with an interesting subject matter, but nothing is ever made concrete or emotionally connective. One part is due to the distance of characters but another though screenplay and narrative. Simply put, both elements are neither compelling or verge past the thought of being intriguing, with little capturing the attention of audiences.
Even at a slim running time of just eighty-five minutes, it is a feature that can not sustain itself with its themes or narrative. Ultimately El Gran Moviemento drips and drips away in an attempt to form cohesion but just ends up spiralling and elongating itself to a point in which it will drastically lose its viewers. It is a shame, because this is a feature that sadly disassociates itself with the poignancy of the themes presented and an aspect so integral to the feature’s core. Unfortunately, nothing can save it.
