In Paraguay

In Paraguay is a 2008 documentary film directed and shot by Ross McElwee, about his family's process to adopt a Paraguayan infant girl named Mariah.

In Paraguay premiered at the 2008 Venice Film Festival.{{Cite web |last=Carey |first=Matthew |date=2023-09-15 |title=Critics Choice Documentary Awards To Honor Filmmakers Roger Ross Williams And Ross McElwee |url=https://deadline.com/2023/09/roger-ross-williams-ross-mcelwee-critics-choice-documentary-awards-1235547991/ |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}} The film combines archival footage with an exploration of modern issues.{{Cite web |last=Lanthier |first=Joseph Jon |date=2012-10-05 |title=Review: Photographic Memory |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/photographic-memory/ |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=Slant Magazine |language=en-US}}

Reception

Ronnie Scheib of Variety wrote that In Paraguay "feels atypically passive — a homemovie [sic] whose shape and substance are devoid of the helmer’s familiar wry commentary", and that McElwee's "impudence is subdued by his first exploration of abject poverty, so much so that even the intricacies of Latin American bureaucracy fail to engage his satiric imagination".{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2008/film/features/in-paraguay-1200470942/|title=In Paraguay|first=Ronnie|last=Scheib|date=6 September 2008|website=Variety.com|accessdate=12 December 2017}}

References

External links

[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1270651/ In Paraguay] at IMDb

Category:2008 films

Category:American documentary films

Category:Films shot in Paraguay

Category:Films directed by Ross McElwee

Category:2000s American films