"Chicogrande"
Probably not the wisest choice to open a festival of this caliber...
Set in rural Mexico during the time of Pancho Villa's famous raid on Columbus and the resulting U.S. Army retaliation, this tale consists of poor acting, poor directing, and is a thinly veiled allegory of the U.S. involvement in Iraq.
Chicogrande is one of Pancho Villa's loyal soldiers tasked with bringing him medical assistance. By the end of this film we know nothing more about Chicogrande (or Pancho Villa for that matter) than we did at the beginning...
Hopefully this screening does not set the tone for the remainder of the festival...
