WFC Nicaragua: La Yuma

What a charming film.

I love the actors (especially La Yuma herself), but it’s all so … surprising. Everything just gels, and you get a very entertaining film.

It’s a feelgood comedy from the barrios.

La Yuma. Florence Jaugey. 2009. Nicaragua.

The Macuá

  • 1 part lemon juice
  • 2 parts guava juice
  • 3 parts Flor de Caña 4-Year-Old Rum
  • 1 part simple syrup

Shake vigorously with ice and strain into an ice-filled glas.s Garnish with an orange slice and a cherry.

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WFC Saint Lucia: Soucouyant

Another Youtube short.

It’s a horror movie shot in a single location with a single actor (who is rather good, I think). It’s interesting (especially in the editing) and it’s more than a bit scary. But just when you think the movie is going to, like, start, it ends. This should have been much longer.

And this is the first film in this blog series that doesn’t seem to have an IMDB entry. There’s this film, but it’s a different short film.

Or… did I watch the wrong film? Uhm… Oh, I did!

Gah.

Soucouyant. Lia Gajhadar. 2015. Saint Lucia.

Banana Blues

  • 5 parts rum
  • 2 parts creme de banane
  • 1 part blue curacao

Directions: Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice and shake vigorously. Strain into a martini glass and garnish with a slice of banana.

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WFC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Voodoo Man

Another movie found on Youtube. This one is pretty funny, but the amusing script and charming actors are let down by flaccid editing: The film feels like it wants to move faster than it does.

And fortunately they only ran the blurring filter on the first flashback scene.

Voodoo Man. Fabian Guerra. 2014. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

St. Vincent Cocktail

  • 2 parts Galliano
  • 3 parts white rum
  • 2 parts gin
  • a dash of Grenadine

Shake with ice and strain into an ice-filled glass.

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WFC Brunei: Teluki

Is this the first short I’ve done in this blog series? That might happen more for the remaining films as the pickings grow ever slimmer.

This one’s on Youtube, and it’s kinda interesting, but slight. And it does feel ever more churlish to throw a die on films like these. Who asked for my opinion on this no-budget short, anyway? It seems kinda beside the point.

But, anyway.

Ice Kachany

  • 2 parts vodka
  • 1 part peach liqueur
  • 2 parts cranberry juice
  • 2 parts orange juice
  • lemonade

Shake everything (except the lemonade) with ice. Strain into a highball glass. Add the lemonade.

Teluki. Abdul Zainidi. 2013. Brunei Darussalam.

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WFC Belize: 2012: Kurse a di Xtabai

Another Youtube offering. It’s shakycam, but it kinda looks like Youtube has applied its automatic stabilisation to it? So it’s doubly sickening to watch. The video is at sea.

Anyway, this is a horror/action film, and it’s OK, apart from the bit that I couldn’t really look at the screen for more than a few seconds at a time without getting nauseous (during the action scenes).

2012: Curse of the Xtabai. Matthiew Klinck. 2012. Belize.

Belize

Blue Morpho

  • 2 parts coconut rum
  • 2 parts dark rum
  • 4 parts grapefruit juice
  • 4 parts pineapple juice
  • 1 part creme de cacao
  • 1 part blue curacao

Run through a blender with ice. Pour into a glass and garnish with a slice of pineapple and grapefruit.

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