Elephant Boy (1937) Review: The Good, The Bad & How to Watch

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  Elephant Boy (1937) Review: The Good, The Bad & How to Watch  British Film, Adventure Venice Film Festival, 1937- 2 wins including: Best Director National Board of Review, 1937- Winner: Top Foreign Films Long before CGI could conjure up entire jungles at the click of a button, cinema had to rely on the real deal. In 1937, Robert Flaherty and Zoltan Korda teamed up to deliver Elephant Boy , an adventure film that stands as a fascinating bridge between raw documentary realism and classic Hollywood storytelling. More on Wikipedia or Mubi The Raw Magic of Elephant Boy  The movie is adapted from "Toomai of the Elephants," a short story out of Rudyard Kipling’s iconic The Jungle Book . It follows a young, spirited Indian boy who dreams of becoming a great hunter, just like his father and grandfather before him. When a massive elephant hunt is organized, Toomai sets out to prove his worth, forming an unbreakable bond with a legendary, giant elephant named Kala Nag. W...
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 Pasó en mi barrio (1951)
Argentine Film, Drama, Musical

Nomination: Grand Prix 

Pasó en mi barrio is a 1951 Argentine film directed by Mario Soffici during the classical era of Argentine cinema. It was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival, where it was one of the nominees for the Grand Prize of the Festival.

When her husband is imprisoned for manslaughter, a strong willed woman must work to provide for her family.

A good Argentinean movie that filled us with nostalgia, and reminded us how (most of the time) terrible American movies are, especially recent ones. It shows real people in real situations, thereby honoring the common and the ordinary, which films usually shun to the benefit of dazzling glitz and glamor. More on Wikipedia 

Cannes Film Festival, 1952- Nomination: Grand Prix 

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