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All movies seen on 04/09/2023

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Poison for the Fairies (1986)

Directed by Carlos Enrique Taboada

Fantasy | Horror

Most recently watched by sleestakk

Overview

In 1965 Mexico City, Flavia, a wealthy yet lonely schoolgirl, befriends Veronica, a young orphan girl who has a fascination with witchcraft. Veronica convinces Flavia that she is a real witch and forces her to be her assistant. The children’s games gradually become more serious and Veronica demands more from Flavia.

Length 90 minutes

Actors

Ana Patricia Rojo | Elsa Maria Gutierrez | Leonor Llausás | Carmela Stein | Maria Santander | Ernesto Schwartz | Lilia Aragón | Hilda Perez Carbajal | Marcela Paez | Araceli de Leon | Patricia Acevedo | Laura Almela | Arturo Beristáin | Rosa Furman | Rita Macedo | Luis Mario Quiroz | Anna Silvetti | Hortensia Santoveña | Sergio Bustamante

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Viewing Notes

Really well done. I love the way this is shot with the adults’ faces never being shown. Every shot with an adult is either in profile, from behind or in the dark, which emphasizes that we’re experiencing this world as the children’s not the adult’s.

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