La Vida Loca (2008)

La Vida Loca (2008) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
San Sebastian International Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2008 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Mexico ( Latin America, Mexico )
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
Christian Poveda

Written By:
Christian Poveda

Actors:
Christian Poveda

Synopsis:

El Salvador a country still living in the shadow of a brutal civil war. Poverty. Corruption. Political Instability. In recent years, this struggling nations problems have been compounded by a growing, increasingly brutal gang culture. Over the course of a year, acclaimed photographer and documentarian Christian Poveda turned his camera on one neighbourhood Clica (chapter) of the Mara 18, one of the largest and most infamous gangs in El Salvador. Tracing the daily lives criminal exploits, murders, funerals, prison sentences, attempts at rehabilitation of a handful of Mara 18 members, LA VIDA LOCA is part documentary, part war correspondent report, and part social commentary, a white knuckle, fly on the wall look at a world rarely seen by outsiders.

In Centra America, they are called Maras, groups of youngsters who have modeled themselves on the Los Angeles youth gangs. They are extremely violent and are propagating terror in El Salvador and elsewhere. The documentary is a study, through photography and the personal stories of these gang members, of a violent phenomenon that has been imported from the USA.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 11 October, 2020.