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Matria
(2023)
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Elsa Fernández-Santos
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Despite the ups and downs, the film is sustained thanks to the nerve of María Vázquez, who, like her character, gives her all. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 24, 2023
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Sparta
(2022)
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Elsa Fernández-Santos
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A rosary of social pathologies cultivated in the well of forgetfulness. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 24, 2023
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Rimini
(2022)
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Elsa Fernández-Santos
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A non-place out of season that Seidl portrays almost as a floating abstraction, seedy and dying, in the midst of a strange haze... [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 24, 2023
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Return to Seoul
(2022)
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Javier Ocaña
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Enigmatic and enveloping... [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 24, 2023
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Diary of a Fleeting Affair
(2022)
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Javier Ocaña
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In his role, Vincent Macaigne is sweet, silly, funny and sad like he just wrapped on a Woody Allen film. In fact, he could be Woody. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 24, 2023
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Love at First Kiss
(2023)
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Javier Ocaña
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... An estimable romantic pastime that lasts a little more than an hour and a half and even if it doesn't go down in history, it's appreciated with half a smile. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 21, 2023
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The Kings of the World
(2022)
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Javier Ocaña
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Mora Ortega rawly and beautifully captures the young men's fading path through life. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 17, 2023
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Everything Everywhere All at Once
(2022)
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Carlos Boyero
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... This victorious though regrettable film, or whatever it is, is an incomprehensible mess, foolishly imaginative and cumbersome to watch and listen to. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 15, 2023
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Boys on the Side
(1995)
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Casimiro Torreiro
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... An honest and unapologetic melodrama. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 14, 2023
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Mari(dos)
(2023)
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Javier Ocaña
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Lucía Alemany helms this feature with commercial ambition and despite its uneven cast, she steers it into a safer harbor. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 13, 2023
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The Blue Caftan
(2022)
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Elsa Fernández-Santos
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Above all, The Blue Caftan is a story about a silent love triangle, an elegant melodrama that breathes love for its three protagonists, observing their lives through objects and rituals, dishes, fruits and golden threads. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 10, 2023
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All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
(2022)
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Carlos Boyero
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Sure, the director has made a commendable work, but I don't feel any sympathy or emotional closeness with Nan Goldin and her troubled existence. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 10, 2023
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To Leslie
(2022)
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Carlos Boyero
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... her story, or the way it's told, leaves me indifferent. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 08, 2023
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Saint Omer
(2022)
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Elsa Fernández-Santos
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Despite it being a dry film, rigorous and at times it drains you, it's strength pulls you in... [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 08, 2023
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Irati
(2022)
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Javier Ocaña
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If the narrative thread becomes a bit loose, the magical visualization, the quality of the special effects that brighten up a story to dream about, and the beautiful epilogue raise this film above the rest. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 02, 2023
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Till
(2022)
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Carlos Boyero
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The theme is moving, but the way it's told is hardly brilliant. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 24, 2023
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Mummies
(2023)
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Elsa Fernández-Santos
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The protagonists, well defined with few strokes, are devised for children but still curiously appeal to a cross-generational audience, like when Nefer dances to the '80s Bangles hit Walk Like An Egyptian... [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 24, 2023
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The Quiet Girl
(2022)
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Javier Ocaña
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Presumably, a serene beauty but in reality, it's gratuitous and affected... lacking a dramatic approach that's equally beautiful as its form. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 24, 2023
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Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania
(2023)
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Javier Ocaña
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And the film is never complex, only complicated, which is very different. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 17, 2023
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Women Talking
(2022)
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Elsa Fernández-Santos
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The film sometimes gets stuck in its overt denouncements... Yet Sarah Polley is brave and dares to take sides, turning her final decision into a utopian force capable of healing collective trauma. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 17, 2023
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The Fabelmans
(2022)
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Carlos Boyero
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The Fabelmans isn't perfect, it has its lows and it doesn't steal your heart away, but it possesses admirable and complex moments. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 10, 2023
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Rheingold
(2022)
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Elsa Fernández-Santos
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Reminiscent of Guy Ritchie's recent work, Rheingold is a fast, high-octane ride that turns the underworld into a heart-attack-inducing parade of dapper testosterone. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 10, 2023
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Communion Girl
(2022)
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Javier Ocaña
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A horror film with great production value. But perhaps neglected the essentials: the story, the screenplay, and the denouement. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 10, 2023
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Joyland
(2022)
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Javier Ocaña
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Joyland is a delicate, revealing, and pertinent effort, capable of challenging the many taboos in Pakistan's society, which is no small feat. But it isn't a great film. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 10, 2023
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Other People's Children
(2022)
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Javier Ocaña
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Presents a conflict as contemporary as present times. Days of loving comfort or emotional dares. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 03, 2023
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Girlfriends and Girlfriends
(2022)
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Elsa Fernández-Santos
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The ability to not take itself so seriously while still claiming its own place gives this debut feature personality. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 03, 2023
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The Banshees of Inisherin
(2022)
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Carlos Boyero
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... A tedious nonsense.
Posted Feb 03, 2023
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Knock at the Cabin
(2023)
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Elsa Fernández-Santos
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Although it all seems like a simple child's game, the question of what we are willing to give up to save humanity prevails beyond the credits. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 03, 2023
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Moonage Daydream
(2022)
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Ricardo De Querol
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In the end, you don't know who Bowie was, but we can surmise that no one ever did. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 03, 2023
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Walls Can Talk
(2022)
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Javier Ocaña
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With a series of spontaneous, unscripted talks with a diverse group of experts... the documentary covers some of the most revealing issues surrounding a fact as simple but as fundamental as painting the walls. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 02, 2023
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Klondike
(2022)
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Javier Ocaña
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Still shots stretched through time until they compose frames filled with unbelievable pain dominate a film that's also gifted with an odd black humor that heightens the absurdity of war.
Posted Jan 30, 2023
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Tár
(2022)
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Elsa Fernández-Santos
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... A film that dissects the lies of power and its caste through a character that's equally sordid and fascinating, whose complexity and fatalism owe everything to a unique and gifted actor.
Posted Jan 30, 2023
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The Whale
(2022)
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Carlos Boyero
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His [Brendan Fraser's] body scares, but his face and voice emote various emotions with talent, sensibility, and magnetism. This is what I like the most about The Whale. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 30, 2023
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Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
(2022)
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Héctor Llanos Martínez
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In this movie, which is just steps away from being an audiovisual autobiography, Zimmer defines himself as a German who always disliked discipline.
Posted Jan 26, 2023
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El Fred Que Crema
(2022)
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Javier Ocaña
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Unfortunately, all the big themes Trullenque aims to present slip through without depth, without any substance to chew on. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 23, 2023
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Babylon
(2022)
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Carlos Boyero
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Much ado about nothing. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 21, 2023
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Nobody’s Hero
(2022)
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Elsa Fernández-Santos
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... A strange and particular comedy. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 21, 2023
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Decision to Leave
(2022)
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Elsa Fernández-Santos
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A dazzling neo-noir capable of moving with enormous virtuosity by a visual language that appeals to the 21st century, ruled by its pirouettes and digital layers, without losing classic noir tradition and its eternal stereotypes... [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 21, 2023
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La Pietà
(2022)
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Javier Ocaña
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La Pietà is disappointing. Not because of its provocation, which remains firm, but because of its emptiness. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 18, 2023
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Emily
(2022)
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Elsa Fernández-Santos
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With all its clumsiness, Emily captivates by recreating a far from idyllic family environment, and because of Emma Mackey's performance... [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 13, 2023
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The Substitute
(2022)
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Javier Ocaña
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Lerman has composed a film that's simultaneously popular and arthouse. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 13, 2023
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Chile '76
(2022)
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Elsa Fernández-Santos
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1976 is a portrait of a patriarchal and patronizing country that treats its women as if they were silly and crazy. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 13, 2023
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Holy Spider
(2022)
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Carlos Boyero
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The most disturbing thing about this acceptable film is that it does not obey the feverish imagination of a screenwriter, but that it narrates a true story. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 13, 2023
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Living
(2022)
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Carlos Boyero
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Levity has a point of charm. But what I like best is Bill Nighy's sober and soulful performance. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 07, 2023
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The Pale Blue Eye
(2022)
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Elsa Fernández-Santos
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The movie promises more than it ultimately delivers. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 07, 2023
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Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre
(2023)
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Javier Ocaña
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An effective and routine film that becomes an empty spy story. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 07, 2023
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Hunt
(2022)
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Javier Ocaña
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Politics, espionage and action come together in Lee's directorial debut. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 06, 2023
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R.M.N.
(2022)
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Elsa Fernández-Santos
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An amalgamation that sometimes shows a fascinating and complex side and other times it turns into a convoluted speech without more. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 03, 2023
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A Man Called Otto
(2022)
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Javier Ocaña
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... Well constructed and performed. It has a good engine. Albeit, a copied mechanism from the original film. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 03, 2023
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White Noise
(2022)
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Javier Ocaña
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... Those who are open-minded film and art lovers, and above all patient, may be rewarded because the resulting strange artifact is attractive, despite the fact that it is hard to get into it. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 03, 2023
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