![]() In the end, we are reminded that there is no such thing as a “tropical virus.” Unless you count being born, or being born a female, as a hereditary handicap – a fit irony for this tongue- in-cheek tale of defiant women born into a commonplace patriarchal setting. Luscious forests surround smoke-choked Quito and then Cali, but the film’s stark drawings neutralize the picturesque and the exotic, to instead bring out a scrappy urban look. They find support in their strong-willed, resourceful mother, who faces overbearing in- laws and an unraveling marriage. Sisters Paola and older Patty and Claudia know from an early age that love is rife with disappointments. Naci en Quito, Ecuador en 1977 y ha vivido en Colombia. ![]() The film is told in the voice of Paola, as she traces her family’s cultural adaptation when they move from Ecuador to Colombia. Powerpaola es una artista, ilustradora y caricaturista nmada. ![]() Santiago Caicedo adapts the graphic novel by cartoonist Paola Gaviri (penname Powerpaola), who is also in charge of art direction. Paola Gaviri (penname Powerpaola), who is also in charge of art direction. ![]() With streamlined silhouettes – lithe black-and-white figures with sculptural, flinty features – it is unsentimental, darkly comic, even grotesque. in line with Japanese studios, like Ghibli, VIRUS TROPICAL is their. While some animation films tend to be effervescent, in line with Japanese studios, like Ghibli, VIRUS TROPICAL is their precise opposite. ![]()
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