He laughed at my suffering
I remember when I saw the film Snowtown, based on the true story of a terrible Australian killer. The film shocked me with its tone and violence. It was quite raw, and its characters conveyed a repulsive hostility. From that moment on, I was captivated by that filmmaker who also dazzled many at the time, the Australian Justin Kurzel.
True History of the Kelly Gang, The Order, and the miniseries The Narrow Road to the Deep North are other productions by the filmmaker that I have reviewed previously. Although Snowtown is the one I liked the most. Nitram was one of the films I was very eager to see, since it was never released in theaters in my country and for a long time I found it difficult to find.
The filmmaker returns to tell us a story from his home country. It is a story based on a horrific true event that shocked Australia in the 1990s. The event became known as the Port Arthur Massacre. I recommend that you don't look up any information about it online so that you can better enjoy the film. Kurzel employs a slow and deliberate narrative, much like in Snowtown. This is why it's not a very commercial film, nor one that will appeal to a wide audience. In these times where immediacy is everything, it seems that films that tell their story slowly are dismissed as boring. I don't deny that some films become tedious due to their pacing, but in this case, the filmmaker has the talent to maintain the viewer's attention and pique their interest in learning more about the character of Nitram.
Because the film deals with the life of Nitram, a young man with a seemingly normal family, but who suffers from mental health issues and has been medicated since childhood. Nitram's worldview is different; he's like a grown-up child who suffers rejection and ridicule, forcing him to isolate himself, while the only people who love him distance themselves from his life. Is he a psychopath? Is he integrated into society? The film raises these questions about his mental and personal struggles.
Violence is not explicitly depicted here. The filmmaker succeeds in making the atmosphere palpable, creating a sense of unease, a contained violence that could erupt at any moment, but without depicting it graphically. There is no room for sensationalism. The victims of the real tragedy are treated with respect because the events themselves are not shown.
I started searching online and discovered that what happened in real life led to changes in some gun laws in that country, although even today it remains a subject of political debate, with positions for and against. I can't go into much detail because I only did a quick search, but if we consider this tragedy, if more people had been armed that day, in that place, they could have done something and prevented more deaths.
While the permissive sale of guns in the United States can lead to unbalanced individuals committing massacres in schools, it is true that the more people are armed, the greater their capacity to counteract such acts. This is just my personal opinion. There will always be those who oppose gun ownership, etc. I live in a country where we don't have the right to carry firearms, and that's why the government and criminals have us under their control.
I must mention the excellent performance of actor Caleb Landry Jones, whose distinctive features make him perfect for the role of Nitram. The beautiful actress Essie Davis also appears; she's over fifty, but still gorgeous. Some viewers might remember her from the horror film The Babadook.
I think Nitram hasn't received as much attention as some of this director's other films, but that's why I want to recommend it. Look it up, watch it, and leave me a comment with your opinion.
Recuerdo cuando vi la pel铆cula Snowtown, basada en hechos reales sobre un terrible asesino australiano. La pel铆cula me impact贸 por su tono y violencia. Era bastante cruda, y sus personajes transmit铆an una hostilidad repugnante. Desde ese momento, qued茅 cautivado por ese cineasta que tambi茅n deslumbr贸 a muchos en aquel entonces, el australiano Justin Kurzel.
True History of the Kelly Gang, The Order y la miniserie The Narrow Road to the Deep North son otras producciones del cineasta que he rese帽ado anteriormente. Aunque Snowtown es la que m谩s me gust贸. Nitram era una de las pel铆culas que ten铆a muchas ganas de ver, ya que nunca se estren贸 en los cines de mi pa铆s y durante mucho tiempo me result贸 dif铆cil encontrarla.
El cineasta regresa para contarnos una historia de su pa铆s de origen. Es una historia basada en un horrible suceso real que conmocion贸 a Australia en la d茅cada de 1990. El suceso se conoci贸 como la Masacre de Port Arthur. Les recomiendo que no busquen informaci贸n al respecto en internet para que puedan disfrutar mejor de la pel铆cula. Kurzel utiliza una narrativa lenta y pausada, al igual que en Snowtown. Por eso no es una pel铆cula muy comercial, ni una que vaya a ver el gran p煤blico. En estos tiempos donde la inmediatez lo es todo, parece que las pel铆culas que cuentan su historia lentamente se tachan de aburridas. No niego que algunas pel铆culas se vuelven aburridas por su ritmo, pero en este caso, el cineasta tiene el talento suficiente para mantener la atenci贸n del espectador y despertar su inter茅s por saber m谩s sobre el personaje de Nitram.
Porque la pel铆cula trata sobre la vida de Nitram, un joven con una familia aparentemente normal, pero que sufre problemas mentales y ha tenido que ser medicado desde muy peque帽o. La visi贸n del mundo de Nitram es diferente; es como un ni帽o grande que sufre rechazo y burla, lo que lo obliga a aislarse, mientras que las 煤nicas personas que lo aman se alejan de su vida. 驴Es un psic贸pata? 驴Est谩 integrado? La pel铆cula plantea estas preguntas sobre sus problemas mentales y personales.
Aqu铆 no se muestra la violencia expl铆citamente. El cineasta logra que la atm贸sfera sea palpable, creando una sensaci贸n de inquietud, una violencia contenida que podr铆a estallar en cualquier momento, pero sin representarla gr谩ficamente. No hay lugar para el sensacionalismo. Las v铆ctimas de la tragedia real son tratadas con respeto porque los hechos en s铆 no se muestran.
Comenc茅 a buscar en internet y descubr铆 que lo sucedido en la vida real provoc贸 cambios en algunas leyes de armas en ese pa铆s, aunque incluso hoy sigue siendo un tema de debate pol铆tico, con posturas a favor y en contra. No puedo profundizar mucho al respecto porque solo hice una investigaci贸n r谩pida, pero si consideramos esta tragedia, si m谩s personas hubieran estado armadas ese d铆a, en ese lugar, podr铆an haber hecho algo y evitado m谩s muertes.
Si bien la venta permisiva de armas en Estados Unidos puede llevar a que personas desequilibradas cometan masacres en escuelas, es cierto que cuanta m谩s gente est茅 armada, mayor ser谩 su capacidad para contrarrestar tales actos. Esta es solo mi opini贸n personal. Siempre habr谩 quienes se opongan a la posesi贸n de armas, etc. Vivo en un pa铆s donde no tenemos derecho a portarlas, y por eso el gobierno y los criminales nos tienen bajo su control.
No quiero dejar de mencionar la excelente actuaci贸n del actor Caleb Landry Jones, cuyas caracter铆sticas distintivas lo hacen perfecto para interpretar a Nitram. La bella actriz Essie Davis tambi茅n participa; tiene m谩s de cincuenta a帽os, pero sigue siendo preciosa. Algunos espectadores quiz谩s la recuerden de la pel铆cula de terror The Babadook.
Creo que Nitram no ha recibido tanta atenci贸n como otras pel铆culas de este director, pero por eso quiero recomendarla. B煤squenla, v茅anla y d茅jenme un comentario con su opini贸n.
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Rating: 80/100
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