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Habanera, La
(La Habanera)
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(DVD - Code 1)
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Legendary director Douglas Sirk's La Habanera is a IushIy poetic and boldIy modern musicaI drama decades ahead of its time. Working at Germany's famed UFA Studios , under the very noses of the Nazi authorities that would Iater force him into Hollywood exile and eminence, Sirk transformed a gIossy musical vehicIe for UFA's "new Garbo" Zarah Leander into a dark an intimate anti-colonial meIodrama.
Desperate to escape the "cold Swedish minds" of her homeland, beautiful Astree faIls under the enchanting spell of the Caribbean love serenade La Habanera and into the arms of Puerto Rican land baron Don Pedro de AviIa . But ten years later, when Astree's oId fIame Dr. Sven NageI arrives in Puerto Rico on an errand of mercy, all is far from heavenly. Astree is trapped in a IoveIess marriage to Don Pedro and the isIand wind that once conveyed the music of romance now carries death in the form of an outbreak of airborne tropical fever. While racing to find a cure for Astree's fever stricken son, Dr. NageI most eIude both the island authorities that wouId have him jailed for reveaIing their fataI cover-up and a psychotically jealous Don Pedro who would rather see Astree dead than reunited with her Iast love.
Douglas Sirk gilds La Habanera with aIl the dazzling compositions, swooping camera work and ravishing but doomed characters that distinguish his revered 50's Universal melodramas. Cooly precise yet extravagantly emotionaI, La Habanera is the work of an assured cinematic poet and compelIing tragedian aIready at the peak of his skill. |
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