Quotes

"…it has moved me deeply. It is very well conceived and told, and I think its greatest achievement is having managed to narrate the entire story from the perspective of a child, which gives the whole atmosphere a very singular and persuasive quality."

"Announcing a great new voice in the world of cinema, Rosario Garcia-Montero's 'The Bad Intentions' is a brilliant coming-of-age story that's funny, subtle, touching, and one of the best films of the year."

"…I think she has a very personal voice of her own, and it has moved me deeply. I enjoyed so many powerful images… a gaze, a feeling so subtle that it travels soul to soul… I loved the heroes' dialogue."

"…it shows a personal style, a sensitivity, a singular humour, an impeccable art direction, one of the most surprising and moving performances in Peruvian cinema — Fátima Buntinx — a narrative composure and a particular world that is rather dark and obsessive… a filmmaker whose career will have to be closely followed."

"There is no doubt that Garcia-Montero shines in her debut film. The Bad Intentions marks Rosario Garcia-Montero as an up-and-coming, new talent."

"Las malas intenciones by Rosario García-Montero is an honest and moving debut feature that transcends the account of a wealthy girl's childhood and invites us to reflect on our country and its history, on the decline of a social class and a national model. Its release is one of the most important of this year."

"But political acuity is not the film's only strength. Throughout, Garcia-Montero maintains a firm control over the tone… It's a nuanced portrait of childhood, clear-eyed yet sympathetic."

"RGM demonstrates an intimate sensibility and a subtle gaze at childhood… The Bad Intentions is — after the debuts of Méndez, Llosa, Gálvez and the Vegas — good news for our cinema and, by far, the best debut feature of the year."

"A very interesting debut by a young filmmaker who overflows with cinematic sensibility… The magnetic performance of a girl as angelic as she is cruel, and the film's dreamlike weaving, allow us to speak of one of the most remarkable Peruvian releases of recent years."

"The director crafts an intimate work, but one also with a pronounced dark-comedy verve, centred on a somewhat Burtonesque protagonist obsessed with tragedy as an escape from loneliness and to fill her need for affection."

"To explore and transgress. Indispensable requirements for a film to have its own voice. And García-Montero's first film sings in its own way. As it should."

"…it is a remarkable film… it has a careful coherence with the world it proposes… it points to the decline of a social group that resists the popular, and Fátima Buntinx's performance contributes decisively to building a resistance to the new. Do not miss it."

"The Bad Intentions is probably the best film we have seen in this city since 'The Milk of Sorrow' and, in fact, the best Peruvian film of this year. These two filmmakers, Claudia Llosa and Rosario García-Montero, are a promise and will be heard from a great deal."

"The Bad Intentions is an absorbing and darkly poetic work… What makes it even more enticing is the fact that it features different levels, from the child's character study, to the social environment and the political context."

"Within a universe cloistered by pain and indifference, Cayetana gives us a lesson in life… an optimistic gaze in the midst of pessimism."

"Cayetana: The sweet and cruel schoolgirl of The Bad Intentions became the charming symbol of our ugliest period and the most unsettling character in Peruvian cinema."

Reviews:

21 Feb — Las malas intenciones — Variety Films Reviews · Alissa Simon

19 Jun — LA Film Fest: Las malas intenciones · Sergio Burstein

20 Jun — L.A. Film Fest Reviews: 'The Bad Intentions' — The Playlist / Indiewire · James Rocchi

20 Jun — The Bad Intentions — 2011 LAFF · Noelle Buffam

26 Jun — FilmFracture: LAFF Film Review · Kathryn Schroeder

19 Jul — The Bad Intentions — Review · Don Simpson

19 Jul — The Bad Intentions — LAFF 2011 · The Hypermodern / Oscar Moralde

9 Aug — 15 Festival de Lima: Las malas intenciones · Carlos Esquivel

23 Aug — XV Lima Film Festival: Las malas intenciones · Fielalcine / César Pereyra

13 Sep — Io non sono invisibile — Movieplayer · Lucilla Grasselli

3 Oct — Las malas intenciones, a new surprise in national cinema? · Expedientecine / Jorge Bazo

14 Oct — Las malas intenciones · Diario La Primera / Claudio Cordero

14 Oct — "Las malas intenciones" and conflicting feelings · Cinencuentro / Francisco Bardales

17 Oct — A world for Cayetana de los Heros · El Peruano / Ernesto Carlín

20 Oct — Las malas intenciones by Rosario García-Montero · Una crítica por día / Mónica Delgado

20 Oct — Las malas intenciones · Páginas del diario de Satán / Ricardo Bedoya

24 Oct — Las malas intenciones (2011) · Perú 21 / Juan Carlos Fajardo

25 Oct — Sin miedo a la maldad · La Mula / Juan Carlos Méndez

28 Oct — Film review: Las malas intenciones · Semana Económica / Andrés Calderón

30 Oct — Film review · La República / Federico de Cárdenas

The Bad Intentions review · Plume Noire / Fred Thom

3 Dec — Review: "Las malas intenciones" · Cinespacio / Carlos Esquives

News & interviews:

4 Dec — FICVIÑA23 announces winners at Festival's closing ceremony · ilovechile / Ben Angel

3 Dec — "The Bad Intentions" wins at Mar del Plata Film Festival · Cinespacio

3 Dec — Interview with Rosario García-Montero · Cinespacio

4 Dec — Destripador peruano. Awards. · El Búho

14 Nov — Triumphant in Mar del Plata · La República

13 Nov — Peruvian film wins prize in Argentina · Perú 21

22 Nov — Peruvian film makes short list for Goya Awards · Agencia Andina

17 Nov — "Las malas intenciones" heading toward the 2012 Goya Awards · El Comercio

22 Nov — "Las malas intenciones" makes its way to the Goyas 2012 · Paradero 20

7 Nov — "We will never compete against a giant like Hollywood" — interview with Rosario García-Montero · PUCP

16 Oct — Interview with Rosario García-Montero · Cinencuentro / Laslo Rojas

25 Oct — "We compete on unequal terms with foreign films" · El Comercio

25 Oct — Ministry of Culture letter on cinema mistreatment of "Las malas intenciones" · Cinencuentro

20 Jun — Interview with Rosario García-Montero at the LA Film Fest · Manganzon / Sergio Burstein

20 Feb — Berlin International Film Festival: A first-timer's memories · El Comercio / Milagros Leiva

18 Feb — "The intention is to win at the Berlinale" · El Comercio / Milagros Leiva

13 Feb — Berlinale 2011: "Las malas intenciones" receives the warmest welcome · Cinencuentro / Laslo Rojas

2 Jul 2009 — "Las malas intenciones" wins World Cinema Fund support · Cinencuentro