Afrodita, el Jardín de Los Perfumes

Infobox Film
name = Afrodita, el Jardín de Los Perfumes

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caption = Screenshot
director = Pablo César
producer = Pablo César
writer = Pablo César
starring = Issa Coulibaly
Alejandro Da Silva
music =
cinematography = Carlos Essmann
editing = Liliana Nadal
distributor = Independent
released = 15 October 1998
runtime = 91 minutes
country = Argentina
Mali
language = Spanish
budget =
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imdb_id = 0303611

Afrodita, el Jardín de Los Perfumes (English language: "Aphrodite, the Garden of the Perfumes") is a 1998 Argentine - Mali drama film directed and written by Argentine director Pablo César.

The film based on the Ancient Greek god Aphrodite is an independent film production filmed in Mali. All of the actors are from Mali and only ever appeared in this film. The film was produced by an Argentine production team.

Cast

* Issa Coulibaly
* Alejandro Da Silva
* Karamoko Sinayoko
* Hama Maiga
* Guibi Ouedraogo
* Sacko Kante
* Fatoumata Coulibaly
* Fatoumata Yerle
* Rokia Daiwara
* Yiriba Coulibaly

Overview

Based on the vision of Hesiod, in the classic Teogonía, the film begins in the city of Citrea when Cronos, the younger son of Uranus, cuts off the genitals of his father and it throws them into the sea. All the Gods will hope that, of the union of the genitals of Uranus and the foam of waters, Aphrodite is born. On the following day the Zephyrs find a young adolescent naked and sleeping in the borders of the sea. With no doubt, they determine that it is Aphrodite. They take the boy to Citrea where his staus is judged. There he becomes a conflicting personage of ambiguous sexuality.

Release

The film premiered on 15 October 1998 in Buenos Aires. It was an independent film production and most of the actors only ever appeared in this film.

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