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Neruda's Magical Complexity Will Leave You Breathless
Writing and directing Neruda couldn’t have been an easy task. In fact, I was a bit cautious of the approach director Pablo Larrin would take when directing the film. After all the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda is such an icon, he wrote so much and he had such an incredible impact on Chile's history.
But I couldn't have been more wrong. Neruda is a powerful piece of art and it is one of the most original and interesting movies of the year!
The story follows the police that is trying to get Neruda and imprison him after a series of political moves. Neruda has joined the Communist party and he is against the brutal anti-communist repression of President Gabriel González Videla, and addresses the problem in a speech to the National Congress in 1948.
At the head of this police investigation is Oscar Peluchonneau played by Gael García Bernal. The movie delves into the character and it will surprise you with his development throughout the story.
Neruda is described in his political side, in his excesses and in his passions. Luis Gnecco plays the role of the poet perfectly and along with Moran, who plays Delia one of his wives. These two have an incredible chemistry.
Bernal and Gnecco are stunning, they are mesmerising in their interpretation of these two protagonists that become symbols of so much more than what they represent.
Neruda and Peluchonneau are not just characters in the story, they are allegories and they become art.
But Neruda’s success is linked to the visionary and imaginative direction of Pablo Larraín. The Chilean director is one of the most talented of his generation and he creates a complex, captivating and mind-blowing film construction. The second half of the movie is just astonishing.
Neruda will make you fall in love with the story, fascinate you with its characters and leave you thinking about its hypnotic ending long after it done.
NERUDA is in UK cinemas 7th April!
