Cuerdas

This film has been viciously pummelled on IMDB by trolls. Why? Because the director made a separate film about a trans child (20 000 species of Bees). As such, I wanted to give this film a chance.

It is not the pinnacle of cinema. It isn't anything new. It is the story of a moral dilemma of a female choir who must decide between accepting or refusing the funding of a chemical plant. The plant pollutes the town and people are dying.

The film's themes are implicit: the erosion of community by individualistic capitalism, the death of democracy under capitalism, systemic failure, the moral and social dispossession under economic liberalism.

It is a well crafted film. A defiant, proud little picture. Proudly feminine, proudly Basque, dedicated to ordinary people. This film is a gift to everyday people and it being targeted is a sad sight.