Heavily symbolic and sometimes amazingly precious, A SHADOW YOU SOON WILL BE is a picaresque Fellini-wannabee by eclectic Argentine filmmaker Hector Olivera, whose work embraces everything from A FUNNY, DIRTY LITTLE WAR (1983) to BARBARIAN QUEEN (1985). Talk about versatile! In a playful
metaphysical mood here, Olivera explores fate with ponderous whimsy.
Once a successful computer programmer in Italy, penniless Zarate (Miguel Angel Sola) returns to his Argentina homeland, but is unable to assuage his guilt about abandoning his daughter overseas. Hitchhiking, down-on-his-luck Zarate gets a lift from a dissembling circus performer, Coluccini (Pepe
Soriano), who ...
Released:
1994
Rated:
NR
Length:
105 mins