Marcos GarcíaLa Gallega
Martín ShanlyMarioWhy it may be worth watching
- Playback combines Documentary elements in one feature.
- The principal cast includes Marcos García, La Delpi, Martín Shanly.
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Playback
In Córdoba, far from the Argentine capital, the end of a military regime promises a spring that is all too brief. “La Delpi” is the only survivor of a group of friends who are transgender women and drag-queens, who began to die of aids in the late 80s. In a Catholic and conservative city, the Grupo Kalas made their weapons and trenches out of improvised dresses and lip-syncing. Today the images of unique and unknown footage are not only a farewell letter, but a manifesto to friendship.
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Best suited to viewers looking for Documentary. Its shorter runtime also makes it easier to fit into one sitting.
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aidsdrag queenlgbttransgender
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CinemaSerfExternal review ·
"La Delpi" introduces us to some of her fellow drag artists in the Argentinian city of Córdoba just as the last of the juntas bite the dust. Shot on what's clearly a VHS video, we are now shown some brief, seemingly random, clips of her community and of a broader gay one at work and at play. Their lives a fantasy of complexities - they even have their very own" Ivana" - when compared with the ignorance and hostility that still prevailed outside in what was still a very politically conservative city struggling to deal with AIDS. They have fund raisers wh…
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"La Delpi" introduces us to some of her fellow drag artists in the Argentinian city of Córdoba just as the last of the juntas bite the dust. Shot on what's clearly a VHS video, we are now shown some brief, seemingly random, clips of her community and of a broader gay one at work and at play. Their lives a fantasy of complexities - they even have their very own" Ivana" - when compared with the ignorance and hostility that still prevailed outside in what was still a very politically conservative city struggling to deal with AIDS. They have fund raisers when the drugs arrive, finally, in the mid 1990s, but by then many are sick, terminally ill - and the conclusion offers us a truly touching and quite emotional on-stage performance - Italian style. There's no structured narrative as such to this short documentary, it's a bit like a video diary that we can appreciate for what it is - a truth, and quite a toxic one at that.
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