'La Libertad Doble' Review: Lisandro Alonso's Slow Cinema Sequel Premieres at Cannes 25 Years Later
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Kate Erbland
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Summary
A review of Lisandro Alonso's "La Libertad Doble," the sequel to his 2001 debut "La Libertad," premiering at Cannes 25 years later. The article discusses how the film continues the slow cinema tradition of its predecessor, following the same nonprofessional actor Misael Saavedra, but now introduces new characters and slightly raises the narrative stakes while maintaining the ascetic, minimalist style that defined Alonso's early work.
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2001's 'La Libertad' was the most ascetic gauntlet thrown down during the turn-of-the-millennium slow cinema boom
The film eliminated even a gesture toward a plot while showing solitary nonprofessional and real-life ranch-hand Misael Saavedra chopping
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