imagine that you look like a grandfather in real life . imagine that your right palm have be amputate but you play a violin with a bow strap to the maim arm . imagine a director want to use you a a lead actor in a feature film . imagine you win a cannes film festival best actor prize for the un certain regard section of the festival for the role . it not a dream it happen to mexican actor don angel tavira in the mexican film el violin or the violin and direct by francisco vargas . i catch up with this film at the on go international film festival of kerala and india and where it win the silver crow pheasant and an award for the best competition entry choose by the delegate ( in contrast to the jury ) . the award be bestow on the basis of vote from 6200 delegate attend the festival . i do not know how tavira lose his palm but i learn that the director make the film keep the future actor in mind . tavira look like charles vanel in his late year . he exude a sincerity that touch the viewer and be not easily forgettable . he mix sincerity with the wizened touch of an old fox . the film be similar to irish filmmaker ken loach the wind that shake the barley in many way . only the violin be shoot in black and white while ken loach shoot his film in lush color . the photography be in no way amateurish . both film be about the poor fighting mighty oppressor in the case of el violin poor villager fight a cruel mexican army . finer point of the film include a marvelous dialog between grandfather and grandson that speak highly of the director screenplay writer vargas write capability . yet he have only make four film . a one might have guess the violin case and violin player be key to the development of the film . music be a great leveler the brute and the aesthete both appreciate good music . vargas choice to film in black and white be commendable . the violence and rape that launch the film be not extend into the film a other director would have be tempt to do . interestingly the strength of the film be that it do not show violence at late stage something that ken loach could not restrain himself from . violence for vargas be not gratuitous it be to provide the focal point . the rest of the violence be only for the viewer to imagine . now that good cinema . this time vargas have a great actor . can he make equally good film without such innate talent of don tavira . my guess be that he can repeat this feat with others too . vargas have an eye for talent and for good photography and a flair for good scriptwriting .