La Ruta Natural

Overview

La Ruta Natural (nature path) is Rinus Van de Velde’s second film. The title is a palindrome, a sequence of letters that make (the same) sense when read forwards or backwards. In La Ruta Natural the hero seems to be adhering to a plan that ends with him blowing up a red balloon using compli-cated machinery and then letting it fly away. On his way, the hero drives a bright blue cabriolet down a spectacularly steep mountain pass. He then douses the vehicle with petrol and sets it alight.