Historieas del Viento

Javier Beltran Ramos

Venezuela

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Synopsis

A three-year-old Latin American boy finds the cycle of life unfolding in front of him.

REVIEW

This gorgeous, nearly silent film from Venezuelan director Javier Beltran is another of the festivals tender takes on the cycle of life and death. A young boy, whom Beltran shoots and directs with exquisite grace, observes scenes that seem ordinary, but to his innocent mind are full of meaning and significance. He finds a nest full of eggs under a tree. He watches as his mother cracks breakfast eggs over a skillet. He observes the deep creases in his grandfather's face. He notices his mother's slowly expanding womb. Through the eyes of a child, we see the full spectrum of birth, life, aging, and death in this quiet, elegiac, hauntingly beautiful film.

-Michael J. LoPresti