Love (Bashful) in the Nighttime Workplace (Oppressive)
di Stephen Holden The New York Times
“Gigante,” a small, unpretentious slice of Uruguayan neo-realism, is a steadily observant portrait of the humdrum life of Jara (Horacio Camandule), a stocky 35-year-old night security guard in a supermarket on the outskirts of Montevideo.
His primary duty is to keep an eye out for shoplifting among the women who clean the floors at night. One evening he catches sight of Julia (Leonor Svarcas), a shapely young woman with a mop and bucket, and is instantly smitten.
Shy and overweight with kind eyes and no delusions of grandeur, Jara sleeps by day and on the weekends works as a nightclub bouncer; his hulking appearance belies the fact that he is the furthest thing from a menacing control freak. [...]
di Stephen Holden, articolo completo (2442 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 4 dicembre 2009
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