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Musical. Drama This rousing musical, based on the stories of Shalom Aleichem, takes place in pre-revolutionary Russia and centers on the life of Tevye (Topol), a milkman who is trying to keep his family's traditions in place while marrying off his three older daughters. Yet, times are changing and the daughters want to make their own matches, breaking free of many of the constricting customs required of them by Judaism. In the background of these ... [+]
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September 15, 2005
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Muchos de los números musicales son antológicos, de lo mejorcito que se ha hecho en el género musical ("Si yo fuera rico...", el resto de la canción es historia; también es muy famoso el tema "Tradition").
Ahora bien, el guión no es nada del otro mundo (me recuerda algo al de "Ordet", de Dreyer) y la duración es excesiva (¡tres horas!), lo que hace que a medida que avanza la película se haga menos soportable.
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