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El Violin (The Violin) [NTSC/REGION 1 & 4 DVD. Import-Latin America]

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El Violin (The Violin) [NTSC/REGION 1 & 4 DVD. Import-Latin America]EL VIOLIN IS A GREAT MOVIE THAT REFLECTS THE US INFLUENCE ON THE MEXICAN MILITARI. WEAPONS,TRAINING,ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CONTROL OF THE STRANGLE THAT THE US HAS HAD IN MEXICO FOR DECADES. IT IS A MOVIE THAT ALSO PORTRAIS THE SAME CONTROL BEING EXERTED ON COLOMBIA,HONDURAS , EL SALVADOR,CHILE AND THE REST OF LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES EXEPT FOR CUBA. A WAR THAT HAS CAUSED HUNGER,DEATH AND POVERTY TO THE PEOPLE OF LATIN AMERICA. IT IS NO COINCIDENCE ALSO THAT THE WEAPONS BEING USED BY THE MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS IS FROM THE US. THE US KNOWS IT LOST ALREADY ITS POLITICAL CONTROL OF MEXICO AND NOW THEY WANT TO CREATE A PERMANENT MILITARY STATE TO OFFSET THIS LOSS TO THE MEXICAN LEFT. I RECOMEND THIS FILM HIGHLY.

The film is beautifully filmed. I hesitated to watch it for almost a year after buying it, but finally as soon as I started watching it, I became very intrigued by this story based on true events from the revolts of the 1970's in Mexico. The story doesn't point out a mayor historic event, but is relevant of many (often constant) struggles that the village peoples of Mexico and many Latin American countries face throughout their lives.

It makes it very clear why many rural areas in Latin American are patrolled by military, and how often military is not used for protecting a country from the attacks of other nations, but to opress (and often worse) its own people in order for the governments to be able to control certain areas without having the residents get in the way.

In a way it is a form of fascism. Because it has always been the indigenous peoples that are supressed by the militants, and many of them, as hinted (not necessarily shown) in the film, end up in exile, murdered or disappeared. The militants end up controlling the land and villages, and also keep guard so that if anyone of upper scale appearance is passing through one of the checkpoints, they are able to notify the next checkpoint so as to make it appear that the militants are only there to ensure the safety of the people, creating an ongoing staged falseness governed by politics, in which people are disappearing in a legal form.

Through all this, the main character, Don Plutarco makes everything seem very casual, carrying his violin and being a childlike person, ...you can't help but love him, and neither can the militants... Don Angel Tavira, who plays the role of Plutarco, is in fact a real life composer and violinist.

Definitely check it out, well worth the price and it is an important eye-opener. In a way it is sad to see that this is what goes on in many parts of the world still today, but it is good to see to realize how we should not treat other humans on this tiny planet we all share.