The wildest farm in “LA GRANJA”

By GTVW Staff

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From Angel Manuel Soto, this   Puerto Rican drama La Granja (The Farm) “La Granja” begins in the small sector of a Macondo-like island forgotten by the catastrophic effects of an economic depression and drug addiction; lives are pushed to the limit. A promising young boxer, a barren midwife, and a fat kid with a bike: three intersecting stories focus around the pursuit of happiness and its unanticipated consequences during the economic collapse of the island of Puerto Rico. Each actor in this modern day tragedy will ultimately discover how the pursuit of hope can dehumanize and expose underlying animal instincts.

You will enjoy this film during 100 min. In Spanish with English subtitles you will distinguish between happiness and bitterness. Fausto one of the characters is incredible naïve among the worst vultures because is forced to use Santito as the cruel vehicle to get the money he owes by submitting him to the underground fighting scene. Violence is real and cruel in this Puerto Rican production and its cast well structured with Henry Osso (Lucho), Marcos Carlos Cintrón (Bryan), Yulianna Padilla (Sara), Amneris Morales (Ingrid), John García (Rubén), César Galíndez (Fausto), José R. Rolón (Santito). All of them have to face death in different ways. This film is very worthy to see it!