La salada (2014)

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	Year of first release: 2014
	Director: Juán Martín Hsu
	Actors: Ignacio Huang, Yunseon Kim, Chang Sun Kim, Nicolás Mateo, Paloma Contreras, Limbert Ticona, Lizeth Villaroel, Percy Jiménes
	Country: RA, E
	Genre: Comedy
	Conditions of visioning: 25.09.2014, Kursaal 2, FSSDZ2014, Spanish with English subtitles
Synopsis: A mosaic of experiences for new immigrants in Argentina, from Bolivia, Taiwan, Korea. The three stories of people struggling with loneliness and alienation during La feria de la Salada, a huge fair in Lomas de Zamora, close to Buenos Aires. Bruno (Ticona) and his uncle (Jiménez) come to Argentina thanks to Yenny (Villaroel). Luciano (Mateo) is seduced by Yunjin (Yunseon Kim) while trading with her father Sr. Kim (Kim). Huang (Huang) feel lonely in his job and does not manages to get much contact with Ángeles (Contreras).
Review: The stories are full of authenticity. They are very funny because the humour is based on events that many immigrants encounter in the daily life. The humour is both of situation and of words.  The directing and technical work is very good and even excellent if we consider the working conditions in the Feria during the Feria. During the Q&A after the movie, Hsu explained that it was difficult to contain the people away from the camera. They all wanted to get an autograph of the actors, wanted to claim something to the camera or just say Hello.  FYI La salada is a huge fair created by a group of Bolivian migrants.
Rating: 7 /10