barriomulas.com - Bufalo de la Noche & Soñar No Cuesta Nada

Until Wednesday is the 19th Annual Puerto Rico Cinemafest in San Patricio Plaza. I've had the chance to see four movies so far, and plan to knock another four out before it's over. Hay que aprovechar, I think, for things like this happen only once a year.

The first film I had the opportunity to see was "El Bufalo de La Noche" from Mexico. While the movie was well done, the actors were curious indeed, and the quality of the film was top notch, the storyline itself was quite frankly... shitty. The "big" secret of the movie is nothing big at all and fails to leave one gasping in shock. (Some dude has recently killed himself and the film doesn't seem to tell you why. It turns out that it was because his best friend had slept with his girlfriend. See? The movie sucked so much that I don't even flinch when telling you the ending.) Now seguro you won't see it.

One thing that caught me as amusing was how the main character was a total looser (didn't study, didn't work, looked rather unclean and smelly, and still lived with his mother) but had an array of ladies ready to drop their panties for him.You'd think that if his more attractive, cleaner friend would have had half his game that he wouldn't be stressing over his girlfriend's cabroneria.

The second film was "Soñar No Cuesta Nada". This was less of an artsy flick and more of a comedy for the masses. "Por fin un negro!" I belted, for the movie portrayed a great representation of Afro-Caribbean Latino racial make-up as opposed to the more Spanish metropolitan middle class in Bufalo'. The depiction of traditional Colombian rural villages, institutional corruption, and Caribbean humor was quite refreshing, after seeing a video as cold and gris as Bufalo'.

Check the later if you can or find it via torrent.