So Foul a Sky

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If there was an award for the most stylish opening scene, it would go to Álvaro Pulpeiro for ‘So Foul a Sky’. A road movie and a immersive report from a Venezuela on the verge of collapse. Inspired by Joseph Conrad’s classic novel ‘Nostromo’, we are led into a twilight world where allegiances change among the travellers under the enormous dome of the sky. Pirates and pilgrims cross tracks, and oil is traded on the black market in the middle of nowhere. Crackling car radios relay an ideological battle of words. Has the oil cast a curse on Venezuela? The country is in the midst of the worst political and humanitarian crisis that South America has experienced in the 21st century. Instead of trying to explain the chaotic situation, Pulpeiro places us in the middle of it. A sensory and cinematic film, where the oil runs like thick, black blood through the arteries of the road network and connects us with some of the people who are trying to make life work beyond law and order.

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24-04-2021

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84 min

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Álvaro Pulpeiro

Álvaro Pulpeiro

Pulpeiro's cinema is one of displacement and estrangement. A melancholic view of the global tide dragging us in and out, both alienating and liberating the characters from whatever place they considered to be home. Born in 1990 in the village of Foz, Galicia (Spain), he spends most of his childhood moving around isolated industrial cities in Canada, Brazil, or Australia. After graduating from the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, he settled in South America in 2015. There, he wrote and directed a series of projects of which two feature-length documentaries stand out. Nocturno: Ghosts of the Sea in Port (72', 2017), developed within DocLisboa's ARCHÉ workshop, premieres competing at Gijón's FICX and Edinburgh's EIFF. Filmed in Venezuela between 2018 and 2021, So Foul a Sky (83', 2021) has its premiere at the Next:Wave competition of the prestigious Danish festival CPH:DOX. It is awarded Best Cinematography at Saratov (Russia), nominated for Best Spanish Director at SEFF (Seville), and competes in festivals around the world. After its release in Spanish commercial theaters, it is now part of the catalog of FILMIN, Amazon Prime USA, Pluto TV, TrueStory and other streaming platforms. He is now under production of his first feature fiction project 'Petroleo'.  
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