{"id":153219,"date":"2021-06-17T18:44:53","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T22:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=153219"},"modified":"2021-06-17T18:44:55","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T22:44:55","slug":"tribeca-2021-perfume-de-gardenias-film-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/tribeca-2021-perfume-de-gardenias-film-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribeca 2021: \u2018Perfume de Gardenias\u2019 Film Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Tribeca 2021: \u2018Perfume de Gardenias\u2019 Film Review<\/strong> | <em>Perfume de Gardenias, <\/em>a personal film, directed by Macha Col\u00f3n and written by Gisela Rosario Ramos (Col\u00f3ns real name), premiered at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival in the Viewpoints category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Isabel (Luz Maria Rondon), an elderly woman living in a middle-class neighborhood in Puerto Rico, has just become a widow. Her husband has passed away, and her adult daughter is staying with her to help her with the funeral. As Isabel mourns this loss, she doesn\u2019t know how to occupy her time moving forward. The uncertainty changes, however, when she crafts a beautiful custom-made funeral for her husband\u2014and it catches the attention of To\u00f1a (Sharon Riley), a pious but domineering woman who involves herself in community events, including local funerals. To\u00f1a is the self-appointed leader of a coterie of gossipy elderly women from the neighborhood, and she enlists Isabel to put her unusual talents to good use and design custom, idiosyncratic funerals for her ailing neighbors. As Isabel agrees to perform this peculiar line of work\u2014offering seniors a chance to dictate how their lives should be honored, before they die\u2014 she also finds new purpose in her own life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Perfume-de-Gardenias4_3840x2160-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-153222\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.perfumedegardenias.com\/en\/aboutthefilm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Perfume de Gardenias<\/a> <\/em>bears great resemblance to Spanish director Pedro Almodovar\u2019s movies. <em>Volver <\/em>in particular &#8212; where matriarchy is law, men usually play lesser roles, and are often portrayed as weak and mediocre. Another aspect that connects both directors is how their plots smoothly transition between drama and dark comedic humor, prompting us to laugh in situations that wouldn\u2019t be considered laughable at first glance. Col\u00f3n\u2019s intuitive and colorful approach to a story rooted in grief, death and tradition, creates a space for the viewer to experience authentic storytelling. Despite the somber theme, <em>Perfume de Gardenias<\/em> is bright, high in spirit, &#8211; no pun intended &#8211; and even joyful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Director Macha Col\u00f3n, a LGBTQIA activist, calls herself more than a multidisciplinary artist. She jokingly says she\u2019s an undisciplined creator with a comical and lighthearted point of view, and we can see that jocose tone throughout the film. Col\u00f3n stated in an interview that she made a point of showing the climate in Puerto Rico, post-earthquake, but wanted to do that through the lens of the housewives and their casual comments about quotidian affairs. She also cast the actors, specifically women that looked like her mother and the women in her family, and picked the entire production crew based on her affinity for them. Curious note: Col\u00f3n appearing briefly at the end of the film, as a funeral owner, may be a tribute to English director Alfred Hitchcock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gisela Rosario Ramos is Macha Col\u00f3n, a Puerto Rican artist. She received grants from the Art Matters Foundation and NALAC, and the United States Artists Fellowship. She is part of Northwestern University\u2019s Puerto Rican Artist Initiative. Perfume de Gardenias is her first feature film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DIRECTOR: Macha Col\u00f3n&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SCREENWRITER: Gisela Rosario Ramos<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EDITOR: Juan Soto<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CAST: Luz Maria Rondon, Sharon Riley, Katira Maria, Carmen Nydia Velazquez, Carmen Milagros Ortiz, Flor Joglar, Abner Rivera<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PRODUCERS: Arleen Cruz-Alicea, Consuelo Castillo, Adriana Angel, Gisela Rosario Ramos<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CINEMATOGRAPHER: Pedro Juan Lope<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read other reviews by Adriana Daniels &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/2021\/06\/tribeca-2021-as-of-yet-film-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tribeca 2021: As of Yet Film Review<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Tribeca 2021: \u2018Perfume de Gardenias\u2019 Film Review<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\"><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tribeca 2021: \u2018Perfume de Gardenias\u2019 Film Review | Perfume de Gardenias, a personal film, directed by Macha Col\u00f3n and written by Gisela Rosario Ramos (Col\u00f3ns real name), premiered at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival in the Viewpoints category. 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