It's always good to sit down with a foreign film after spending a long time without seeing one. The actors in this were amazing and the reason is so incredibly simple: They spoke more with their eyes than with their mouths. This is still something American film makers just can't do, save for maybe Jarmusch. The script in this one is thin and that's putting it lightly. I don't think there was a single conversation that had more than two or so sentences of dialog, but there wasn't a moment of confusion as to what was going on and what each character was feeling and it was very easy to feel empathy for them.
The story revolved around the difficulties of sexuality, the complications, the confusion, and the judgment in modern society. Modern society is a difficult term to use, however, because there's nothing modern about our current perception of what gender and sexuality are. That seemed to be the purpose of this film. It's hard enough to grow up as either male or female but to grow up not knowing, to be forced by those around you to assume some identity and to be judged harshly for simply existing. That was the conflict of the main character and the young actress expressed it beautifully, with a sense of innocence and charm. If this is the norm for Argentinian films, I'll have to seek out a few more.
Thanks Leo.
5/5
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