If you are coming to Los hijos del trabajo expecting the visual pyrotechnics of German Expressionism or the frantic montage of Soviet cinema, you are going to be disappointed. This 1927 Spanish silent film, directed by Eduardo García Maroto and Carlos Fernández Cuenca, is a much more pedestrian affair. However, for tho...
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Agustín Carrasco
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"If you are coming to Los hijos del trabajo expecting the visual pyrotechnics of German Expressionism or the frantic montage of Soviet cinema, you are going to be disappointed. This 1927 Spanish silent film, directed by Eduardo García Maroto and Carlos Fernández Cuenca, is a much more pedestrian affair. However, for those interested in the evolution of Spanish social realism or the specific textures of 1920s Madrid, it remains a fascinating, if occasionally plodding, artifact. It is worth watchin..."
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