Amsterdam Shorts! | BALLS!
Author: redactie redactie
<b>Fly
</b><br /><i>Mouche
</i><br />R: Jeau Denizot (France, 2006, 25’, fiction, 35mm)
<br />Three adolescent boys canoe down the Loire, fishing day and night. Their friend Paul joins them on the river, accompanied by a girl from Quebec. Over the next few hot, lazy days, the boys are in turn seduced and annoyed by the delicate peculiarity of the young woman.
<b>Sona and her Family</b><i><br />O Soni a yey Rodine</i><br />R: Daniela Rusnokova (Slovakia, 2006, 37’, fiction, BetaSP)<br />Sona gave birth to 15 children and another one is on the way. She can’t keep her spouse out of the criminal circuit and her husband isn’t being a big help either. Director Rusnokova sketches a fascinating portrait with this insight into Roma life in Slovakia.<br /><br /><b>The fighting Cholitas</b><br /><i>The fighting Cholitas</i><br />R: Mariam Jobrani (Bolivia, 2006, 20’, documentary, BetaSP)<br />Apart from being matrons and wearing traditional clothing, Yolanda La Amorosa and Julia la Pacena both transform into famous warriors as soon as they enter the ring. Mixing American WWF wrestling and South-American show fighting traditions they battle it out and gain fame as The Fighting Cholitas.