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Birdwatchers (15)
Review
Forced off their land a group of Guarani Indians get paid to pose as savages for passing tourists. Although they reclaim their land and one boy, who is training to be a shaman, starts a relationship with the rancher’s daughter they inevitably fall foul of the rancher’s prejudices. Through the story of two young boys caught between their father’s desire to continue to live the traditional way and their own desire for Nike trainers this sensitively explores the devastation the Indians face with their displacement from their land. Shot with a luminous, dreamy clarity and underscored by a lairy wit that cuts through any solemnity or pretentiousness this is a gripping account of the inevitable fall-out that occurs when two cultures collide.
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