Cinema of Paraguay
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The Cinema of Paraguay is small compared to that of neighbouring Argentina & Brazil. However, this has begun to change in recent years with films like El Toque del Oboe (1998), María Escobar (2002), O Amigo Dunor (2005) which competed for Best Movie in the Rotterdam International Film Festival and Hamaca Paraguaya (2006) which was screened at the Cannes Film Festival gaining critical acclaim both in Paraguay and abroad.
Some early footage had been shot in Paraguay by foreigners as early as 1905, though the first Paraguayan film was Hipólito Carrón's 10-minute long Alma Paraguaya, made in 1925. The film industry in Paraguay has suffered from lack of funds, equipment and public interest, as well as the repressive Alfredo Stroessner government of 1954 - 1989 (the exception to this was the 1978 state-funded film Cerro Corá which promoted the historical and political views of the Stroessner government).
The situation has been slowly improving since since 1990, the year in which the Fundación Cinemateca del Paraguay (Paraguayan Cinémathèque Foundation) was set up and the annual Asunción Film Festival inaugurated. Several new cinemas have been built both in Asunción and other Paraguayan cities. Funding remains a problem, exacerbated by economic difficulties. In addition the domestic market is dominated largely by American and Argentine films.
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[edit] List of Paraguayan films
- La Burrerita de Ypacaraí (1962)
- A Cafetina de Meninas Virgens (1981)
- Cerro Corá (1978)
- Codicia (1955)
- Hamaca Paraguaya (2006)
- El Invierno de Gunter (2005)
- María Escobar (2002)
- Miramenometokei (2003)
- Miss Ameriguá (1994)
- El Portón de Los Sueños (1998; documentary)
- Réquiem Por Un Soldado (2002)
- La Sangre y la Semilla (1959)
- El Secreto de la Señora (1989)
- La Tierra Ardía (2005)
- El Toque del Oboe (1998)
- El Trueno Entre Las Hojas (1956)
- O Último Cão de Guerra (1979; Brazilian co-production)
- O Amigo Dunor (2005; Brazilian co-production)
- US/Nosotros (2007)
[edit] List of Paraguayan short films
- Alma Paraguaya (1925)
- Asunción a Cuatro Tiempos (1997)
- Cachorros de León, la Batalla de Boqueron (1997)
- Caireles de Sangre, 23 de Octubre de 1931 (1997)
- La Cajita Feliz (2004)
- Campaña Electoral Con la Presencia de Eligio Ayala (1927)
- Candida (2003)
- Cariñoso (1986)
- La Catástrofe de Encarnación (1926)
- Caños (1987)
- De Amor y de Guerra (1997)
- Desde el Tejado (1986)
- Desfile Militar (1926)
- El Que se Aburra Aquí es Porque No Sabe Distraerse (1926)
- Emboscada, campo de concentración (1997)
- En el Infierno del Chaco (1932)
- Estigarribia: Militar y Presidente (1998)
- Estudio Para Una Siesta Paraguaya (2004)
- La Fiesta (1988)
- Las Gaviotas no Hablan Inglés (1996)
- La Guerra del Chaco (1933)
- Horno Ardiente (2002)
- Independencia (1997)
- Manifestación Frente al Congreso (1928)
- Paraguay, Tierra de Promisión (1937)
- Proceso de Cambio (1988)
- El Pueblo (1971)
- Revista Militar en Campo Grande (1926)
- Rutina (1987)
- La Selva Debe Vivir: Los Ache del Ñacunday (1997)
- El Señor Ministro del Interior (1927)
- Sepelio de Eligio Ayala (1930)
- El Siglo Que Se Va (2000)
- Una y Media (2001)
- Vistas del Paraguay (1929)
- Los Yshyr de Karchavalut (1997)
[edit] List of films shot in Paraguay
This list covers non-Paraguayan films (many Argentine or Brazilian) that were filmed,or partly filmed, there
- Cándido López - Los campos de batalla (2005)
- Los Corruptores (1987)
- Desencuentros (1992)
- Éxtasis Tropical (1969)
- Fuiste Mía Un Verano (1969)
- Hoteles (2004)
- India (1960)
- Os Matadores (1997)
- The Mission (1986; only partly filmed in Paraguay)
- Miami Vice (2006; partly filmed in Ciudad del Este)
- Moonraker (1979; waterfall scenes)
- Noites Paraguaias (1982)
- A Pantera Nua (1979)
- Le Rat d'Amérique (1963)
- El Viaje (1992)
- Vicios de Mujer (1982)
- Zama (1984)
[edit] List of films about Paraguay
This list covers non-Paraguayan films that deal with Paraguayan issues/topics, but are not filmed there. It also covers films in which Paraguay is made reference to.
- Anaconda (1997; Jon Voight's character is from Paraguay)
- The Boys From Brazil (1978; a film about Nazi-hunters in Paraguay)
- Commando Mengele (1988; a film about Jewish Nazi-hunters in Paraguay)
- Grosse Point Blank (1997; features the line "I killed the president of Paraguay with a fork")
- The Honorary Consul (1983; Richard Gere's character is Paraguayan)
- Moon Over Parador (1988; set in the fictional country of Parador, a mix of Paraguay and Ecuador)
- One Man's War (1991 TV film; a film about Stroessner-era Paraguay starring Anthony Hopkins)
- Wedding Crashers (2005; Christopher Walken says a line about Paraguay)
[edit] External links
- Senses of Cinema - 'What does cinema mean for Paraguay?'
- Senses of Cinema - Interview with Hugo Gamarra Etcheverry, Paraguayan filmmaker
- Short article on modern Paraguayan cinema, focussing on Hamaca Paraguaya
- Short piece on Hamaca Paraguaya
- Review of Hamaca Paraguaya
- Critical review of Hamaca Paraguaya
- Review of Hamaca Paraguaya
- Review of Miss Ameriguá
- Review of Miss Ameriguá
- Review of Miss Ameriguá
- Article about Paraguayan cinema - pdf format (in Spanish)
- Article on early Paraguayan cinema (in Spanish)
