#Pablo Aguero

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we need your help... 🙏🏻

the champion of the Copa América, the Finalissima and the World Cup in Qatar 2022 deserves this recognition 🥺💙

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oh i love them sm

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adam blake - a mix of david beckham/harry kane. more so harry kane

julian loki - kylian mbappe

dada silva- hulk

pablo cavassos- aguero

leonardo luna- fernando torres?? maybe??

these are just first impressions...soccer girlies where are you

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"Coven of Sisters" | FILM CRITIQUE

“Coven of Sisters”

The “Coven of Sisters” is a Netflix drama/thriller film directed by Pablo Aguero. The film was set in 1609 on Basque Country during the Spanish Inquisition. In this period, many people know about hell, rituals, and witchcraft. In contrast to most of Europe, Spain had a relatively small number of witch trials. The persecution of witchcraft was not prioritized by the Spanish Inquisition, which instead chose to concentrate on the crime of heresy. In fact, it was discouraged rather than being handled by the secular courts (Steed, A. C. (n.d.). 

The movie is about six teenage girls who were arrested by a Judge/Inquisitor who was blaming or claiming that they are witches because they were caught dancing and singing a chant-like song in the middle of the night. They were arrested and imprisoned in a compact space, and every day they were interrogated by the Inquisitor and basically being “mind-controlled” and tortured by the questions asked. If they denied the existence of witches they are accused of “lying” and if they try to look at the Judge’s eyes, the girls were “trying” to “bewitch” him. 

The theme of the film, in my opinion, is doubt vs belief. Because the judge evidently believes in witchcraft, the girls sought to convince the judge that they are not witches before attempting to deceive him into believing they are by inventing stories. This movie's key message, in my opinion, is that sometimes being persuaded or having someone convince you of something can alter your perspective because you begin to believe those "claims" and are then "stuck" in them. Because the girls weren't plainly witches in the movie, the Judge clearly accepted Ana when she claimed to be one and she began to fabricate stories about witchcraft, and he is now persuaded that she is a witch. It was especially evident in the scene where there were strong gusts that shook the home and terrified the man to the point where he felt compelled to see what the girls were up to. 

I think the movie was excellent, it was thrilling, and very entertaining. The quality of the movie is decent and the acting of every actor is phenomenal.  A crazy horror story with stylistic ties to the most recent entries in the genre, where the everyday terror is always the most unsettling element. The heavy tension in every scene was sublime, it really enthuses the grief, anger, and melancholy feelings of each character. The movie is like a rollercoaster ride. There are scenes and components that are eerie, surprising, and even imaginative, it really makes you want to watch and think hard. 

The music used in the film was well-executed, the music really helped enhance the scene, it added more tension to the scene, it was so tense that it made me sit on the edge of my seat while watching. The film symbolizes how beliefs and how strong those beliefs are, it can really change your mind and can be mimesis. Ana and the other girls were so captivated by the thought of them being witches that they actually became “witches”. Though they didn't physically change into one, they did so ideologically. Although the girls weren't actually witches, they exploited their real-life experiences to give the impression that they were by changing and twisting some details so that it appeared as though they were performing a ritual for the devil.

Out of the two main film theory models, I think this film is leaning more towards the Semiotic Analysis, considering that this film is telling a metaphor; it demonstrates how strong beliefs can become manipulative. The film also used the color red for most scenes, especially the ritual/ending part, which makes sense seeing that the color red symbolizes intense feelings, that evokes actions and which also affects the audience's emotions. In the ritual scene, you can really tell that it represents the emotions happening, it was aggressive, excitement, rage, and power, and that the color red really helped represent and project those emotions to us audiences. And of the various film theories, I believe that this one supports the theory of Formalism because it employs the technical aspects of a film; it has a setting (Basque country), color composition/psychology, the characters wore medieval costumes, there were numerous shots (close-up, medium, etc.), it appeared to have been expertly edited, and they used music that is appropriate for each scene. 

In conclusion, I had a great time watching this movie. I knew nothing about witchcraft or how they would deal with it, so it was quite interesting and educational. I was amazed by the character acting, thought the setting was lovely, and thought the plot was above average, but I wished that they had told or shown more history about witchcraft. I wanted to see the "real" witches and how the ritual actually takes place. Nevertheless, this movie is excellent and I highly recommend it. 

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Akelarre (2020)

Director: Pablo Aguero

Writers: Pablo Aguero; Katell Guillou

Producers: Fred Premel; Iker Ganuza; Koldo Zuazua

Notable Cast: Amaia Aberasturi; Alex Brendermuhl; Daniel Fanego; Garazi Urkola

Run Time: 90 minutes

Languages: Spanish; Basque

Restrictions: 16 for sexual violence

Genre: Period drama

Akelarre pulled me in, ripped my heart out and put it back just to do it all over again. It is a story about six girls accused of witchcraft in 1609 and their bravery and cunning which they utilise to save themselves from being burned at the stake. But do they save their lives? 

The film ends on a very literal cliffhanger - the girls, lead by Ana (Amaia Aberasturi) leap off a cliff into the ocean after being chased and surrounded by the Spanish royal guard. 

I have so little words to say about this movie because nothing I write will have any chance of doing it justice. Never before have I been interested in films about witchcraft and the witch trials because they all seem too wrapped up in the mystical, spiritual darkness of it all to the point where most of the films forget the events happened. Real men and women were burned for their knowledge or physical appearance. What I equate Akelarre most to is Robert Egger’s 2015 film, ‘The VVitch”. With a 20 year gap of the period - Akelarre in 1609 and The VVitch in the 1630s - both still have very similar feelings about them. The camera direction, colour palette and tone are all so similar, but I think Akelarre deals with the events it portrays with far more empathy to the history.

Specifically with this, I want to draw attention to the rituals displayed in both. The VVitch draws a lot of attention to Satan as ‘Black Philip’ and at the end of the film there is a supernatural bonfire scene wherein a group of naked women elevate into the air. I’m not here to say that scene, or, indeed the whole film, is bad, but it is a good starting point in the discussion for Akelarre’s ‘ritual scene’.

Akelarre tells and shows its ritual while Ana is being interrogated by the judge Rostegui (Alex Brendermuhl). Hoping to save her sister and her friends, Ana weavers a story made of truths of a happy memory and embellished lies to give Rostegui what he wants. And I think the description is my second favourite scene in this film. The audience gets to see the memory Ana is drawing her story from and hear the tale she is recounting to Rostegui at the same time. The audience hears her claim she turned her sister Maria (Yune Nogueiras) into a lamb which is shown as her putting on a lambskin jerkin. She claims to create illusions with smoke, which is shown as her and the rest of the girls sharing a pipe in a clearing. The very description she gives of Lucifer she takes from Rostegui himself, adoring the devil with the judge’s beard and light eyes. During the whole account I was enraptured as Rostegui himself.

Rostegui is so, pardon the pun, bewitched by Ana’s account that he has to see it for himself. He goes so far as to postpone the executions of the girls... until he is informed that the full moon when the girls want to ‘perform the ritual’ is the same day all their fathers and brothers get back from sea and might cause issues for the men. So Rostegui takes matters into his own hands and, using the descriptions told to him by Ana, tries to recreate the Sabbath ritual she was so detailed about. Rostegui is suffering both from the witch mania and his desire for Ana and this culminates in a scene that is nothing short of epic.

Personally, this is made all the better by not having a singe supernatural event occur. It felt more like a traditional pagan high-energy ritual than the supernatural, fantastical display in The VVitch. Everything is dark outside the circle created and inside is bathed in a heavy orange glow from the fire. Even thought the girls have been shackled by the guards for added protection, the magic is still there. And this is a magic that exists in our world as we know it. The girls feast and sing and dance. They create an infectious energy around them through nothing but their joy. This infects Rostegui to the point where the girls are even able to leave the fray they’ve created and escape. 

This is the cliffside ending. The moon is full, the tide is meant to be high. The girls leap in the sea. Is the audience meant to hold out hope for them? Do the sailors save them? Do they die? My breath caught in my throat to witness it and it would not have had the same power if the ending was resolved.

I am still in shock from this film. Everything from the plot to the characters to the costumes. And every frame looks like a Baroque painting. The play of texture, of light and shadow, of colour and absence... my jaw was on the floor the entire time. My notes for this post were so spares because I couldn’t bring myself to look away from the screen. Very few films in my life have had the power to so subtly wrap me in their world. One cannot sit with Akelarre without being transported to the universe it depicts. The screen is a thin veil of speration between the viewer and the characters. When the girls are tortured for information, their pain is tangible. When they run and leap and dance through the forest, sunlight and salt air plays on your skin just as much as it does theirs. 

All of this is down to the sheer level of empathy to the plight of these women that I mentioned earlier. Perhaps it was a bit unfair comparing this period piece to a 2015 horror, but again, I also don’t think genre is a reason for a lack of empathy. This movie never made that mistake. Each actress was so chosen that they became the embodiment of all their character stood for. The gentleness of the acting and the masterful directing meant everything was played just enough for it to hit the audience in the gut like a freight train without allowing for any preparation. I am sure that this is a film which delivers some new, unique tidbit after each individual watch.

Akelarre is nothing short of a masterpiece that most certainly will have its place in the history of film for a long time coming. If not in all history, then at least in mine. As the credits rolled I had to forcibly crawl my way back to the real world and shake off the enchantment this left me with. 

This will be one of my highest recommended films of all time: 9/10.

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Akelarre [Coven] (2020)

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Akelarre -- Pablo Agüero (2020)

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What Form of Love Does Your OC Embody?

Tagged by @starsandskies♥ Thank you Lua<3

Link to the quiz

Captain Genevieve Aguero (Far Cry New Dawn)

— love as a choice

[ love is beautiful because it’s built deliberately ] when casey mcquinston wrote “that’s the choice. i love him, with all that, because of all that, on purpose. i love him on purpose” and when jenny slate tweeted “i just want someone to grab my little face and scream on purpose, on purpose i am going to care about you” and when jodi picoult wrote “after fifteen years, love isn’t just a feeling. it’s a choice” and when the good place said “if soulmates do exist, they’re not found they’re made”

Leslava (The Witcher) / Deputy Callahan (Far Cry 5)

— love as tenderness

[ love as gentleness after a lifetime of cruelty ] when ocean vuong said "sometimes being offered tenderness feels like the very proof that you've been ruined" and when pablo neruda said "like a jar you housed the infinite tenderness and the infinite oblivion shattered you like a jar" and when anais mitchell wrote "all i've ever known is how to hold my own, and now i wanna hold you, too”

Courier 6 Lee (Fallout New Vegas)

— love as devotion

[ devotion: love, loyalty, or enthusiasm for a person, activity, or cause ] when ruth said to naomi "where you go, i will go, and where you stay, i will stay. your people will be my people, and your God my God" and when hozier sang "i'll be the dreadful need from the devotee that drove [orpheus] underground" and when deathcab for cutie sang "if there's no one beside you when your soul embarks, i will follow you into the dark"

Antonia Medina (VTM Coteries of New York)

— love as religion

[ love as the sole object of your reverence--nothing about you is holy, but maybe your love for another is ] when sappho said "in the crooks of your body i find my religion" and when the cast of les mis sang "to love another person is to see the face of God" and when halsey said "i found God, i found him in a lover" and when katherine philips wrote "to the dull angry world let's prove there's a religion in our love"

Ульяна V (Cyberpunk 2077)

— love as light

[ love as a luminous force—warm, radiant, and golden ] when mary oliver wrote "light of the world hold me” and when charles bukowski said “I look at her and light goes all through me” and when david viscott said “to love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides”and when e. e. cummings said “lovers alone wear sunlight”

Lone Wanderer Ava (Fallout 3)

— love as being known

[ love is knowing all of someone and loving them anyway ] when tim kreider said "if we want the rewards of being loved we have to submit to the mortifying ordeal of being known" and when joe wright said "The idea that these two people know each other, knew each other when they first saw each other. That they recognized each other from their future" and when micah nemerever said "it was a relief and a horror to be known so perfectly"

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Akelarre [Coven] (2020)

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