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  Review by ZacharyBinx ★★★★

  "Have faith in the next song."

  Don't believe Letterboxd when it says this is strictly a drama, it's a black comedy through and through. The lurid title really is the subject of the film, but this isn't raunchy or filled with nudity and said erection only pitches a tent once in a very hilarious way. It's really about grief. I know, I know, we're all tired of hearing that, but this is the Wes Andersonification of Peruvian film. Not aesthetically in any way, but in it's very deadpan comedic nonchalance. It's also a really calming film that doesn't veer too much into the sadness of grief and focuses more on the weird things people say and do when they're experiencing…

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  Review by Marcelo Antonio ★★★½

  hay más blancos en esta película que en la entrada del CCPUCP la noche que llegó Léos Carax.

  No es una gran película (falta desarrollar esos personajes y bajarle una pequeña rayita a los chistes de ciegos) pero mentiría si dijera que no me sentí realmente conmovido al ver a Gustavo Bueno queriendo/pidiendo/pensando en sexo cada minuto de los ochenta que tiene esta película (Bad Grandpa ¿quién te conoce?) y capturado por la azulina y melancólica Lima distópica pre-pandemica (¿?) presentada en este nuevo capricho de Adrián Saba.

  Me parece interesante como el joven director quien hace unos años se le veía tan apasionado por el sci-fi en una Lima kaurismakiana, nos muestra lo frágiles que son nuestros cuerpos y como parece…

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  Review by CalvinLaw ★★★½

  2023 Ranking

  Oscar International Film Submissions Ranked

  Peru’s Oscar submission is more assured in its darkly oddball comic bits (no pun intended) than its more dramatic ones, but overall it’s a quietly intriguing and surprisingly empathetic portrait of family dysfunction brought together through the titular erection. Liked it.

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  Review by Mark ★★★½

  When people think of classic Wes Anderson traits, they are almost universally talking about the aesthetics. Here, this feels narratively Andersonian, presenting this quirkily dysfunctional family of abrasive misfits and helping you love them over time. The oddball humour is probably going to be off-putting to a lot of people, but for me it blends perfectly with the quiet sense of sadness which resonates through this broken family drama.

  Much in the same way Swiss Army Man eventually steers you towards empathy for the farting corpse, I found myself inexplicably rooting for Toribio's erection, as if it could represent some kind of redemption by proxy for him and his children. It's an empathetic, subjective kind of film, enunciating the classic…

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  Review by Marco Baratta ★★★

  Horny Peruvian Joe Pesci insults his children for an hour and 20 minutes

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  Review by Riveru ★★★★

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  No esperaba verle el culo a Gustavo Bueno, pero la vida te da muchas sorpresas.
  C'est la vie !

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  Review by Brandon MacMurray ★★★½

  Peru's entry to the 96th Academy Awards

  I don't think there will be a more fitting movie poster this year. A dark comedy that definitely lands it jokes and lives up to the title of the movie.

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  Review by Hans Behr Eyzaguirre ★★★

  Al Perú le falta arriesgar, necesita ir por este camino, películas que no busquen la risa fácil o se basen un lenguaje en su mayoría repleto de jergas y una criollada excesiva. Es una película que falla en su narrativa, sí. Pero, también una que presenta una imagen que se diferencia de las películas típicas de comedia peruana.

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  Review by AdrianaMM ★★★ 1

  Política, impotencia económica y peruanidad. Eso significa para mí esta película.

  El Perú padre perdió su capacidad de erección (potencia o crecimiento económico) e intenta arreglar el problema por medio de tomar pastillas (incentivos económicos).
  El diálogo entre el protagonista (el estado peruano) y la señora de la farmacia ya contó todo:
  - Quiero lo más potente.
  - Todas son iguales.
  - Entonces lo más barato.
  - Intenta con la maca (productos económicos con el origen de los Andes)
  - Eso no me sirve. (Que representa el caso omiso del estado peruano de los Andes)
  Y al final no compró las pastillas (plantear seriamente las políticas económicas) sino los robó (las políticas ásperos y brutales).

  Sabemos que el desarrollo económico…

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  Review by INTERNATIONAL FEATURE ★★★

  www.international-feature.com

  “I think dad robbed the pharmacy.”

  The Erection of Toribio Bardelli is the International Feature submission for Peru. This dark comedy is about a father, Toribio, and his three children, Luz, Sara and Silvester. Toribio’s wife has just passed away and the remaining members of the family are left trying to figure out the next steps of their lives. The film revolves around each member of this family, their individual pain, their individual struggles, and their search for a better future.

  The film opens up with Toribio desperately trying to fulfill his sexual fulfillment, but despite hiring a prostitute, going to the strip club, trying to relieve himself with porno magazines, he has realized that he is impotent. When…

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  Review by mezmerize ★★★★

  digan lo que quieran de Toribio Bardelli pero fue un honor escuchar a tremendo actorazo que es Gustavo Bueno, ser parte también de lo que está construyendo Adrián Saba como director, ver al platanazo en la sala (a medio cast de afhs en verdad), todo! Después del tema visual, las interpretaciones y la simbología en una Lima melancólica fue de lo que más me gustó y de lo que realmente aspiro a retratar en un futuro. Te quiero don gil, ahora sí existe una fotografía tuya calato.

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  Review by stanforfilms ★★★½

  Unexpectedly, I found myself deeply immersed in the experience of watching this movie. Despite its dirty title, the film is devoid of any explicit or inappropriate content. The serene atmosphere and profoundly poetic visuals resonated with me, offering a cinematic experience beyond my initial expectations. While the title might raise eyebrows, the narrative of the movie is surprisingly dark and emotionally moving.

  The storyline revolves around a dysfunctional family coping with the aftermath of the wife and mother's passing. Toribio Bardelli, an elderly man, grapples with the absence of his late wife, leaving him to navigate the challenges of life with his three grown children. Toribio's tendency to control every aspect of family life stems from his perception that his…