Secrets of the Heart

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isla s @RT89656869 09/04/2022 This is a fairly typical European film about a youngish boy learning about adult relationships and the like. Its pretty innocent stuff for the most part. There wasn't enough of a clear, interesting plotline to keep me anywhere near gripped but it was ok. I wouldn't especially recommend it, no. See more Ben D @RT87620530 08/02/2021 Secrets of the Heart is a coming-of-age film with an adorable young protag (Andoni Erburu) who can't catch a break when it comes to hearing the adults in his life have sex. Javi (Erburu) is the epitome of innocence, who gets caught up in his brother's (Álvaro Negore) shenanigans and his family's history, which contains a secret no one wants to address. Well, *spoiler*, the secret is that his father shot himself — whether it was an accidental suicide or not, I'm still unsure. Nevertheless, the family has made the decision to keep the bloodstained chair wherein it took place, which seems like the opposite thing you'd do if you wanted to avoid the topic. Over the course of the film, poor Javi hears his uncle (Carmelo Gómez) bang his mother (Silvia Munt), watches his dog get sexually assaulted by another dog, sees his aunt (Vicky Peña), with whom he lives to attend a better school, get lavishly drunk off table wine every night, and copes with a friendly neighbor's suicide. The film feels like a warning sign to adults: "Children see the shit you do." But Javi is resilient and the film provides a nice ending showcasing brotherly love. It's probably too slow for most viewers nowadays, but if you like movies set in Spain (this is around Pamplona), Secrets of the Heart has enough to offer. *Side note,* I'd like to see the film from Gutierrez's perspective, kid can't catch a break. See more 11/30/2008 Loved the way the movie portrayed events as seen through the eyes of an innocent, naive child. We as the audience know only what Javi knows but are able to infer more given our higher degrees of maturity. Beautiful story and well-directed. See more 10/04/2008 A very exquisite journey of the beauty of life. See more 04/28/2007 I love this movie so much...The civil war in Spain definitely took it's toll. See more 02/09/2007 The whole thing in the summary about seeing the world through the eyes of a child was very correct when it came to this movie. i enjoyed it a lot. it was funny at times but still very serious and human and everything. See more Read all reviews

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