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Abstract

This article focuses on the film "Bajo el cielo antioqueño", directed by Arturo Acevedo Vallarino and released in 1925. First, the collective efforts of the Medellin privileged sectors are described, which participated as investors and as actors. Then, the movie's appropriation of what could be called the "vernacular modernism" is analyzed through the cultural matrix of melodrama, which is characterized by intensity and schematization of feelings, by the story's development from ignorance to recognition, the supremacy of family relationships and essential loyalties, as well as by the expression of emotional excess. Finally, the acceptance of the movie by the audience, which was characterized by the consensus towards the regional representation shown in the movie, will be commented on.

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Title
Modernismo vernáculo e imaginación melodramática en Bajo el cielo antioqueño *
Author
Villegas, Álvaro
Pages
259-282
Publication year
2015
Publication date
Jul-Dec 2015
Publisher
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
ISSN
0121-8417
e-ISSN
2357-4720
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Spanish
ProQuest document ID
1709382041
Copyright
Copyright Universidad Nacional de Colombia Jul-Dec 2015