LA SONÁMBULA: RECUERDOS DEL FUTURO

LA SONÁMBULA: RECUERDOS DEL FUTURO (USA-release title, SLEEPWALKER; Australia, literal translation, THE SLEEPWALKER: MEMORIES OF THE FUTURE). Fernando Spine, director. Ricardo Piglia, script. Argentina: La Sonambula Producciones, with support from Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales / Lider Films (Argentina release, Alameda Films, "all media"),[1] 1998. 107 minutes, Spanish.

From the User Review on IMDb by "La Sonámbula (Sleepwalker for foreign audiences) is a showcase of everything good within the genre: political commentary, dystopia landscapes, a complex plot. The subtle nods to giants in the genre are here and there - from technology similar to that seen in Blade Runner to the Orwellian government that the protagonists are intent to escape."[2]

Discussed by Alfredo Suppia and Lúcio Reis Filho, in "Feature 101: Draft for a Critical History of Argentine Science Fiction Cinema," SFRA Review #297 (Summer 2011): pp. 23-29": The film

begins in a cathedral, and soon after moves to a futuristic city, in scenes evoking Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927). The totalitarian, techno-bureaucratic government, as well as the technology described in La Sonámbula, recall dystopias such as Terry Gilliam’s Brazil (1985) or Michael Radford’s 1984 (1984). La Sonámbula’s scriptwriter Ricardo Piglia (2009) confirms the film’s sharp criticism of the military dictatorship in Argentina. (p. 25).[3]

RDE, finishing, 7Ap21