But colonialism implies exploitation, which is not what's happening -- not even at a festival where some projects would seem irresistible to Americans, if only for the purposes of English-language remakes: "A Romantic Painter," for instance, Argentine director Francisco Lezama's drama about an artist who, in a somnambulant state, makes pictures that plagiarize a well-known painter; "Livramento" by the Brazilian Lillah Halla, set on the rural border of Uruguay, where abortion is legal, and Brazil, where it's not, involves a pregnant 15-year-old who becomes a cause célèbre; "Ozogoche," which Ecuadoran filmmaker Joe H. Silva plans as an immigration allegory based on a bird — the upland sandpiper — that travels south from North America each winter and commits suicide by diving into an Andean lake.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 11, 2018 09:56 UTC