Los Rubios And Milk Of Sorrow: Film Analysis

When considering the work of memory lingering form harrowing historical events, the mental experiences of the individual and the sociocultural aspect of the damages left behind are rarely the focus of cinematic representations and discourse of history. Although the aggression of war and manslaughter are commonly presented in history literature, the sociocultural and psychological aspects are often avoided due to the “intrusiveness” nature that it carries. Two mentionable films that try to address the suppression of the true portrayal of the impact of memory on the people who have suffered through tragic events, are Los Rubios (2003) by Albertina Carri and Milk of Sorrow (2009) by Claudia Llosa. The two movies have a very different approach to the notion of memory and the mental pain that it brings with it. In Los Rubios the director, Carri, tries to film a documentary about her parents’ past as subversive political figures that were held captive and murdered during the Dirty War of Argentina, in which Videla’s military Junta starting in 1976, took over and 9-30 000 people presumed as left-wing subversives disappeared. Carri tries to do this in a way that can allow her to distance herself from the soul searching and she uses an actress to play her role in the film, while telling her what to do or say as the director. The movie becomes about the process of making a documentary and the overshadowed truth that becomes more obscured the deeper she tries to
But when it came to the subjective view of the sufferers, details were held back. Albertina does not portray this in a simple way considering that the movie is both in black and white and color and it is very hard to understand. Also, the film includes consistent reminders that it is a film and creates barriers from the