简介： AnunconventionalportraitofasmallvillagetrappedoutoftimeandlocatedontheGalicia-Portugalborder,EloyEncisoCachafeiro’sArraianosisoneofthoserarefilmswheredescriptionisinadequate:likethelandscapeofthevillageofArraianositself,it’,withthenameless“actors”farming,sittinginthelocalbarandsingingtraditionalsongsintheirspecificregionaltongueandtellingoldwives’’reneverfarawayfromnature--thenoisypresenceofanimalsisinescapable--asistheenvelopingforest,,asthefilmvisualizesoralhistory--avisualizationthat’sneeded,asatonepoint,whenanolderladystartstosing,,TheForest,writteninthe1960sasaparableofFranco’sdictatorship,butalsoagreatportraitoftheGaliciansoul,’--afireragesintheforest--onemanpromisessalvation,,memoryfloatsinspace,andawayoflifediesbeforeone’seyes.
