The Journey

The Journey (1992)★ 7.8/10

El viaje

R · AR,FR,MX,ES · 150 min · April 30, 1992

  • Adventure
  • Drama

Directed by: Fernando E. Solanas

Written by: Fernando E. Solanas

A young man from Tierra del Fuego embarks on a bicycle trip through Latin America seeking his father, in which he learns about the shortcomings and dreams of an entire continent.

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SseamouseNovember 21, 2023
In "Social Genocide", the director depicts the outskirts of the capital as a flooded city, presents the showy celebrity president Menem playing tennis with former President Bush, shows the privatization of "Argentinian petrification" to private entities, and portrays a situation where even the "people," including the director, cannot withdraw money from the bank as the nation faces bankruptcy. This seems less like magical realism and more like a form of "fantasy realism." By watching "Social Genocide" one can almost understand the inspiration behind "The Journey" and "The Cloud." It doesn't require much imagination in terms of magical realism; instead, it involves dramatizing characters a bit more, increasing external debts to kilograms, and intensifying floods. So, all of this can be termed "fantasy realism."

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