Always in collaboration with The next session, find our new special episode of Mag.7 Hey! For this new issue, the podcast navigates from the media library Maurice-Genevoix from Blois to Latin America to offer you a selection of DVDs accordingly. On the agenda: a journey oscillating between the jungle and urban spaces, from Mexico to the borders of Argentina!
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Since 12 April 2025, the Maurice-Genevoix media library of the city of Blois has been offering an original cycle around Latin America. Based on immersive photo exhibitions, workshops of all kinds, projections and podcasts, the aim is to cross the ocean and offer a journey in the image of the one lived by Orane and Clémence who travelled through Bolivia, Peru and Colombia to discover indigenous art. They discovered many artistic projects that they wanted to share when they returned to France. If you're also thirsty for adventures and you're in Loir-et-Cher, make a little stopover in Blois! The Latin America cycle will end on Saturday 14 June 2025 and the news is accessible Here.
As part of this cycle, the new episode of Mag.7 melts into the mould to offer you a selection of DVDs coming straight from South America. Etienne and Sébastien, President of The Next Meeting, lent themselves to the game with passion and friendliness. Between local productions and films of different nationalities taking place on the continent, this special episode proposes to rediscover cult works, but also to highlight past titles unnoticed in our countries. Listen!
Dog lovers (2000)
Title V : Perros Amors – Nationality : Mexico – Gender : Drama, Thriller – Director : Alejandro González Iñárritu – Distribution : Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal, Goya Toledo, Álvaro Guerrero, Vanessa Bauche...
DVD editing: France | Studiochannel | 1 October 2007 Alejandro González Iñárritu) - Blu-ray Edition: United States | Criterion | 15 December 2020 – Dissemination platforms : MUBI, Canal VOD, Premiere Max and VIVA
The pitch: The destinies of three people in Mexico City who will see their respective love story chambouler following a terrible traffic accident...
Opinion of The Next Meeting (Etienne) : This is the first film by Alejandro González Iñárritu, who is also the first segment of his trilogy on Death with 21 Grams and Babel. Each destiny followed by the film represents a social class, and the director does not hesitate to draw a harsh and unfiltered portrait of Mexican society. In particular, we are thinking of Los Olvidados Luis Buñuel in his abrupt vision of the poorest neighbourhoods. The director is already showing impressive mastery, whether in terms of editing, narrative coherence between the three parties, or in terms of the leadership of irreproachable actors. We can only regret that not all chapters were the same power as the one featuring Gael García Bernal's family, which might have allowed the title to be totally blameless. Nevertheless, for a first film, it remains a master's move.
Apocalypto (2006)
Nationality: United States, Mexico, Great Britain – Type: Action, Adventure, Drama – Director : Mel Gibson – Distribution : Rudy Youngblood, Raoul Trujillo, Dalia Hernández, Jonathan Brewer, Morris Birdyellowhead...
DVD editing: France | Metropolitan Video | 21 October 2022 - Blu-ray Edition: France | Metropolitan Video | 21 October 2022 - Dissemination platforms: Amazon Prime Video, Canal VOD, Cinemas on demand and Orange
The pitch: Captured and then taken along with his tribe to be offered to the gods of the Mayan City, a young hunter discovers a world ruled by fear and oppression. And he will have to get rid of to save his family, in danger of death...
Opinion of MaG (Celeste wolf) : In perpetual movement and carried by actors in tune, this heroic odyssey filled with visual fulgurations and epic (never free) adventures is a great adventure film with rare realism (dialogues are in Yucatec Maya, trying violence and remarkable artistic work), whose parable on the end of a civilization is memorable. A primitive and visceral survival with sumptuous exoticism that summons the spirit of Predator.
Opinion of The Next Meeting (Sebastian) : If his last High-risk flight he has not been able to convince and that he is now known for his frakking rather than his films, it is still good to remember that Mel Gibson is a talented director. Braveheart, You will not kill... and above all ApocalyptoAs far as I'm concerned! A sumptuous dive into the world of the Mayans – even making a film entirely in their language – colorful, bestial and grandiose. That stands out for its sumptuous decorations and makeup. A time journey that turns into a tense and effective manhunt, which reminds a little of the Predator John McTiernan. What makes it soApocalypto a feature film as impressive as it is fun.
Sorter (1977)
Nationality: United States – Type: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller – Director : William Friedkin – Distribution : Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, Amidou, Ramon Bieri...
DVD editing: France | The Jokers | 1 September 2020 - Blu-ray Edition: France | The Jokers | 1 September 2020 - 4K Ultra HD Edition: United States | Criterion | 24 June 2025
The pitch: Four foreigners of different nationalities, each wanted in their country, join forces to drive a nitroglycerine convoy through the South American jungle...
Opinion of The Next Meeting (Etienne) : After the success of English Connection and ExorcistWilliam Friedkin delivers his version of Salary of fear Clouzot. Apocalyptic shooting will define the incredible atmosphere that one feels during viewing. A dry film is desperate, in a humid tropical atmosphere that will serve as a model for many upcoming films (Predator, Apocalypto...). The band Tangerine Dream's BO also prefigures the sounds of the upcoming 80s. In short, a long invisible classic whose influence is no longer to be demonstrated, and for many the best film of Friedkin. To see (live) absolutely!
Aguirre, the wrath of God (1972)
Title V: Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes – Nationality: Germany - Type: Action, Adventure, Drama – Director : Werner Herzog – Distribution Klaus Kinski, Helena Rojo, Del Negro, Ruy Guerra, Peter Berling...
DVD editing: France | Potemkin Films | 04 November 2014 - Blu-ray Edition: France | Potemkin Films | 06 December 2022 (steelbook) – 4K Ultra HD Edition: United States | Shout Factory | 03 December 2024 - Dissemination platforms: FILMO, Canal VOD, UniversCine and Cinémutins
The pitch: In the year 1560, conquistadors crossed the jungle in search of the city of El Dorado. As it could not continue, a smaller expedition was then conducted to climb the river. Who will then be disturbed by one of his adventurers, ambitious and brutal Aguirre...
Opinion of The Next Meeting (Sebastian) : If the whole presents itself as a metaphor for a revocation, Aguirre appears as a purely metaphysical work. With its very naturalistic tone, unique to Werner Herzog, the feature film can be seen as a kind of making of filming. The latter has experienced many problems, which appear on the screen. Notably Klaus Kinski's presence, his character being just as detestable as the actor himself. And it's clearly this hybridization that makes Aguirre Just as imperfect as it is captivating.
The Battle of the Century (2020)
Title V: El robo del siglo – Nationality : Argentina - Type: Comedy, Policeman – Director : Ariel Winograd – Distribution : Guillermo Francella, Diego Peretti, Pablo Rago, Luis Luque, Rafael Ferro...
DVD editing: France | Eurozoom | 19 January 2022 - Blu-ray Edition: France | Eurozoom | 19 January 2022 - Dissemination platforms: Canal VOD, UniverseCine and PremiereMax
The pitch: Argentina, 2006. A group of burglars is about to carry out one of the most famous and ingenious robberies in Argentina's history, that of the Río bank.
Opinion of The Next Meeting (Etienne) : Inspired by a real robbery in 2006 in Buenos Aires, The Battle of the Century, is a very friendly comedy, carried by irresistible actors, real tricks as we see too rarely, and by a dynamic alternate montage, the film reveals itself a real little happiness of cinema. Which we come out with a happy smile. Argentina's cinema still has some surprises.
When Evil Lurks (2023)
Title V : Cuando acecha la Maldad – Nationality: Argentina, United States - Type: Horror scare – Director : Demián Rugna – Distribution: Ezequiel Rodrìguez, Demián Salomón, Silvina Sabater, Marcelo Michinaux, Emilio Vodanovich...
Blu-ray Edition: France | Shadowz | Summer 2025 - 4K Ultra HD Edition: France | Shadowz | Summer 2025 - Dissemination platform: Canal VOD and Orange
The pitch: After discovering a mutilated corpse near their property, two brothers learn that the strange events in their village are caused by a demonic spirit that has chosen home in the purulent body of a man...
Opinion of MaG (KillerS7ven) : Killing the possessed means becoming the possessed and condemning oneself. Yet a simple rule is more pernicious than it seems when evil spreads everywhere and owes us nothing. To the omnipotence of religion, Demián Rugna prefers all evil. Rather than tight shots, the Argentine director opts for a scope format in perfect match with a diffuse horror. When evil approaches, shadows panic, nature becomes deaf. Literally. When Evil Lurks diverts the decalogue and its fifth commandment by proposing a horrific variation of the myth of Abel and Cain, which condemns by murder to wandering. Does the monster that broods in us really need the Devil to express itself? It is the violence of the neighbour, the landowner, the administration, the family. The violence of life. By renewing the myth of exorcism, whose derivatives have long become moving caricatures, Demián Rugna carries the genre to a completely different scale.
Opinion of The Next Meeting (Sebastian) : If you are looking for the definition of a roller coaster, When Evil Lurks Could be the perfect example! Like a slow rise of Russian mountains, the film takes its time to pose its characters and its atmosphere. Bringing us into a world that is so unhealthy and palpable. And once it reaches its climax, the film makes us live a violent descent into hell, which never seems to stop. The whole benefits from a demonic rhythm and a rather surprising brutality, giving his nobility letters to the horrific cinema. It may be necessary to notify a drop in the diet in its last part, but When Evil Lurks remains an entertainment of formidable efficiency. Who – it must be notified – allows us to offer through his Argentine fields to any other face of South America.
Happy Together (1997)
Title V: (Chūnguāng zhà xiè) – Nationality: Hong Kong – Gender : Drama, Romance – Director : Wong Kar-wai – Distribution: Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Chang Chen, Gregory Dayton, Ng Man-tat...
DVD editing: France | ARP Selection – Blu-ray Edition France | The Jokers | 18 December 2024 - 4K Ultra HD Edition France | The Jokers | 18 December 2024
The pitch: The fate of two Hong Kongers, who have gone on adventure in South America, who keep seeing their love story stop and finally start from scratch...
Opinion of MaG (Celeste wolf) : In the meanderings of a love passion (loves Tony Leung and Leslie Cheung) imbued with sweet bitter melancholy, Wong Kar-wai (As Tears Go By, Our wild years, In the Mood for Love) weaves a fresco as poetic as it is visceral, mixing memories, where love and pain dance on the unstable thread of the razor. An invitation to feel, to reflect, to love and to cry, which depicts the beauty and fragility of human love with a tearing honesty.
Opinion of The Next Meeting (Etienne) : Filmmaking Award in Cannes in 1997, Happy Together is the first Wong Kar-wai film recognized in the West. More than just a story, we are dealing here with a visceral cinema made of sensations and beautifully photographed by Chris Doyle, who gave a fairly definitive impression of the two actors lost in Buenos Aires. The musical choices composed of local music, strengthens even more the deeply melancholic atmosphere of the film. The film is like a tango look, beautiful, sad and engaging at the same time!
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