The Pink House (film)
{{About|the 2017 Peruvian crime drama thriller film|other uses|Pink House (disambiguation){{!}}Pink House}}
{{Infobox film
| name = La casa rosada
| image = The Pink House (film) poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Palito Ortega Matute
| writer = Palito Ortega Matute
| based_on =
| producer = Nelva Acuña
Palito Ortega Matute
| starring = José Luis Adrianzen
Ricardo Bromley López
Shantal Lozano
| cinematography = Jorge Cerna
| editing = Palito Ortega Matute
Renato Ortega
| music = Jorge Luís Cárdenas Sotolongo
| studio = Peru Movie EIRL
Andina Compañía Cinematográfica
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2017|03||San Diego|2018|05|3|Peru}}
| runtime = 102 minutes
| country = Peru
| language = Spanish
| budget =
| gross =
}}
The Pink House (Spanish: La casa rosada) is a 2017 Peruvian crime drama thriller film written and directed by Palito Ortega Matute. It premiered in March 2017 at the San Diego Latino Film Festival.{{Cite web |last=Contreras |first=Laslo Rojas |date=2017-12-28 |title=Más de 50 películas peruanas se estrenaron el 2017 - Cine Peruano |url=https://www.cinencuentro.com/2017/12/27/mas-de-50-peliculas-peruanas-se-estrenaron-el-2017/ |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=Cinencuentro |language=es}} It was released posthumously on May 3, 2018 in Peruvian cinemas.{{Cite web |date=2018-05-11 |title='La casa rosada', la última película de Palito Ortega Matute |url=https://laprensa.peru.com/espectaculos/noticia-casa-rosada-critica-pelicula-peruana-palito-ortega-matute-terrorismo-78772 |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=laprensa.peru.com |language=es}} It is one of the most awarded Peruvian films of recent years.{{Cite web |last=LR |first=Redacción |date=2018-04-16 |title=Cine peruano: galardona película La casa rosada se estrena en mayo |url=https://larepublica.pe/espectaculos/1228534-cine-peruano-galardona-pelicula-la-casa-rosada-se-estrena-en-mayo/ |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=larepublica.pe |language=es}} According to the director, it is the biggest movie he has been able to produce.{{Cite web |date=2018-05-22 |title=Película de un verdadero Testigo - Caretas |url=http://caretas.pe/culturales/81412-pelicula_de_un_verdadero_testigo |access-date=2022-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522181353/http://caretas.pe/culturales/81412-pelicula_de_un_verdadero_testigo |archive-date=2018-05-22 }}
Synopsis
The film tells the story of a family from Ayacucho during the internal armed conflict. The mother is murdered and the father, the university professor, Adrián Mendoza Torres, is accused of being part of the terrorist organization Shining Path, for this reason he is cruelly tortured in La Casa Rosada. His 9 and 10-year-old children and his family will begin their intense search, finding him dying in a desolate place surrounded by many dead. It is there that they manage to save his life. After a few weeks, the family flees the war to Lima. The story takes place in the 80s in Ayacucho, a place that concentrated most of the violence unleashed during the era of terrorism.{{Cite web |title="La Casa Rosada", homenaje y documento de memoria |url=https://deunsilencioajeno.lamula.pe/2018/05/16/la-casa-rosada-homenaje-y-documento-de-memoria/andrea.cabel/ |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=deunsilencioajeno.lamula.pe |language=es}}
Cast
- José Luis Adrianzen as Adrián Mendoza Torres, the teacher
- Ricardo Bromley as John of God
- Shantall Lozano as Maria del Carmen
- Camila Mac Lennan as Aunt Rosa
- Rodrigo Viaggio as The disturbed
- Kike Casterot as Squid 10
- Carlos Cano as Army Major
- Ramón García - Taxi Driver
- Christian Esquivel as Sinchi Manuel
- Jhonny Mendoza as Lieutenant
- Segundino Huamancusi as Artisan prisoner
- Oswaldo Salas as Flat soldier
- Nelba Acuña as Hiker 1
Background
Palito Ortega Matute saw first-hand the facilities of "the pink house", a place where people accused of being part of Shining Path were tortured, when at the age of 16, while accompanying a university student, he was detained by the armed forces and he spent a month and a half in that place, near the Los Cabitos army barracks.{{Cite news |last=Fowks |first=Jacqueline |date=2018-05-20 |title=Dos películas andinas sacuden la cartelera peruana |language=es |work=El País |url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/05/19/actualidad/1526686967_131239.html |access-date=2022-12-05 |issn=1134-6582}} He was able to leave here thanks to the fact that his family was able to prove his innocence and that they achieved influential contacts at that time.
Controversies
Prior to its release, the film was subject to controversy.{{Cite web |date=2018-05-13 |title=Posible censura tácita a película "La Casa Rosada" {{!}} Crónica Viva |url=http://www.cronicaviva.com.pe/posible-censura-tacita-a-pelicula-la-casa-rosada/ |access-date=2022-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513062009/http://www.cronicaviva.com.pe/posible-censura-tacita-a-pelicula-la-casa-rosada/ |archive-date=2018-05-13 }} Congressman and Army Division General (r) Edwin Donayre alleged that the tape "denigrated the Armed Forces."{{Cite web |date=2018-08-20 |title=Congresista Donayre: Película denigra a FF.AA. en lucha anti-terrorista {{!}} La Razón |url=http://larazon.pe/2018/05/04/congresista-donayre-pelicula-denigra-a-ff-aa-en-lucha-anti-terrorista/ |access-date=2022-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820074605/http://larazon.pe/2018/05/04/congresista-donayre-pelicula-denigra-a-ff-aa-en-lucha-anti-terrorista/ |archive-date=2018-08-20 }} The actress Karina Calmet was ridiculed after she described it via Twitter as an apology for terrorism. Due to the controversy, the film was withdrawn from several theaters.{{Cite web |last=LR |first=Redacción |date=2018-05-10 |title=Temen que La Casa Rosada haya sido retirada de varios cines por injerencia política |url=https://larepublica.pe/politica/1240554-temen-casa-rosada-haya-sido-retirada-cines-injerencia-politica/ |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=larepublica.pe |language=es}} Despite this, the film remained on the billboard for seven weeks and the LUM presents it regularly as part of its memory strengthening activities.
Awards
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|5126918}}
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Category:2017 crime drama films
Category:Peruvian crime drama films
Category:Peruvian thriller films
Category:2010s Spanish-language films
Category:Films about terrorism
Category:Films set in the 1970s
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