CANNES FILM REVIEW: Francisco Vargas’s ‘El Violin’

By Ray Bennett CANNES — Brutal military repression looks the same everywhere and Francisco Vargas’ striking and poetic film “The Violin” in Un Certain Regard offers a plaintive cry on behalf of the oppressed. Shot in richly textured black-and-white with … Continue reading CANNES FILM REVIEW: Francisco Vargas’s ‘El Violin’