LA PLAGA
The film is quite
straightforward in its approach about the plague and its resemblance to human
lives. Directed by Neus Ballus, The Plague, is a story of people living
in the outskirts of Barcelona. Lurie is wrestler who works at the fields after
his practise for Raul a farmer. Maria is an old lady who is shifted to the
nursing home where Rose is her attending nurse. Maribel is a prostitute who
waits all day long nearby Raul’s farm for her clients. All the characters are
facing tough situation in their lives. Their frustration increases when things
don’t go as they planned.
The director, Neus, has managed very well to script the nature and human
life together. The heat increasing in Barcelona which is affecting all is a
strong symbolism of the increasing concerns of the residents. Due to the heat
the plague in the farm has completey destroyed Raul’s one farm. He anxiously awaits
rain. The film moves from frame to frame jumping from one character to another
without any distraction, that’s the beauty of the director. The rain in the end
brings rest and happiness to everyone. The film does leave all of us with a
hope of new beginning.
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