Cinema
Macu, The Policeman's Woman
Macu, la mujer del policía
Solveig Hoogesteijn · 1987
Synopsis
In a poor neighbourhood, Macu marries at eleven Ismael, a middle-aged policeman who had been her mother's lover and had fallen for her when she was a child; the mother agrees, a policeman in the family having its advantages. A few years later, Macu has two children and falls in love with Simón, a boy her own age. Simón and two of his friends disappear, and suspicion falls on Ismael. The story, carried by Macu's voice, traces back through flashbacks the thread of her ties with the two men.
Context
The screenplay, written by the director with Milagros Rodríguez, is inspired by the case of the monster of Mamera, the officer Argenis Rafael Ledezma, convicted in 1980. The film was produced by Cinearte and Macu Films, with cinematography by Andrés Agustí and music by Víctor Cuica; Daniel Alvarado plays the policeman, María Luisa Mosquera the young woman, Frank Hernández the boy she loves, Ana Castell the mother. Karen Schwartzman sees in it a feminist affirmation that overturns the ordinary machismo of the so-called common crime genre by placing the story on the woman's side; others compare it to Œdipe roi, for its triangular relationships.
Who it is for
An hour and a half in Spanish, with no translation; a child's marriage serves as the starting point, and the past returns in fragments.
Prizes and reception
More than 1,100,000 admissions, the second biggest hit of the Venezuelan box office until 2013, ahead of Superman and E.T.
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