
Already struggling to survive in the urban jungle of Caracas, José discovers that the decrepit mansion he occupies with his family will soon be demolished. Driven by a desire for a better life and guided by the ancestral spirits of the house, José embarks on a mystical search for a cache of gold that is rumored to be buried in the walls of the mansion. This film is a real story and played by the actual characters.... (Full plot summary below)
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Already struggling to survive in the urban jungle of Caracas, José discovers that the decrepit mansion he occupies with his family will soon be demolished. Driven by a desire for a better life and guided by the ancestral spirits of the house, José embarks on a mystical search for a cache of gold that is rumored to be buried in the walls of the mansion. This film is a real story and played by the actual characters.
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| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn JohansonAn extraordinary blend of documentary and fiction, a strikingly intimate, humane tale of a family, a house, and a nation. Like nothing you've seen before. |
| Observer (UK)Jonathan RomneyIn its thoughtful, pragmatic way, La Soledad is an inventive and insightful exercise in exploring a real location down to the last cobwebbed corner. And politically, it depicts a desperate state of affairs, but with hope and quiet energy. |
| HeyUGuysJon LyusBarry Jenkins' masterful picture Moonlight followed a life across decades, and whilst Armand's is a vignette of an ongoing struggle, there is a similarly powerful emotional timbre. |
| Financial TimesNigel AndrewsStartling as much for its existence as for its merits. |
| Little White LiesDavid JenkinsGains potency in the mind as a full-bodied portrait of a country in dangerous decline. |
| Times (UK)Kevin MaherThe debut feature from the Venezuelan director Jorge Thielen Armand, La Soledad is remarkably assured, even as it blurs the lines between fiction and reality by casting real people in not-so-real situations. |
| Radio TimesDavid ParkinsonThe action meanders occasionally, while some of the symbolism is overloaded. But getting the film made at all in the face of increasing censorship is remarkable. |
| GuardianLeslie FelperinThis promising debut feature opens up gradually, like a fragrant but potentially poisonous night-blooming flower. |