Name: Umbracle
Genre: Drama
Duration: 1 h 28 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Christopher Lee, Jeannine Mestre, Miguel Bilbatúa

Unique piece of surrealism in the catalan vindicative cinema.

In Umbracle, as a homage, we are introduced Christopher Lee in a few Barcelona's locations of the 70's (though for its technique the film seems much older) such as the old Zoology Museum and we pleasantly enjoy about a different acting of him, but first, all you have to know is that you won't be told a conventional story. This isn't about a tale with a beginning and an end, but different disruptive fragments through metaphors, poetry (Joan Brossa, Edgar Allan Poe,...) and particular metalanguage, sometimes asynchronous, that mostly have to be read between the lines of the images, with the purpose of claiming, showing or more exactly, making you deeply feel shabby elements of repression and censorship (containing one part of spoken documentary) of the so long Franco's dictatorship (1939-1975) and for extension, also opression (indeed so actual nowadays) and war in general. For that, is just a unique film (and most preferred within his filmography for the director as he said today) in the catalan surrealism cinema.

The drama genre is a broad category that features stories portraying human experiences, emotions, conflicts, and relationships in a realistic and emotionally impactful way. Dramas delve into the complexities of human life, often exploring themes of love, loss, morality, societal issues, personal growth, with the aim to evoke an emotional response from the audience by presenting relatable and thought-provoking stories.

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