Orpheus' Talk

El Secreto de Sus Ojos (The Secret of Her Eyes)

Great! Incredible! Enormous Campanella! He takes a lawyers-thriller (Darín remembered to Al Pacino in his best times) and to a I-can-not-breathe-while-looking-it he adds wonderful touchs of poetry, tenderness and incisive humour. Although the rhytm is slow, you never get bored, as the script is incredible. Amazing sensation!

Lebanon (Levanon)

Agora

For me, the real film that shows that you can make a good historical movie again. Tell us the story of Hypathia, the last great scientific of antiquity, a woman that defended that philosophy and knowledge were something important, model for feminists and scientifics. Takes us to Alexandria in the time of Romans, shows as the famous Lighthouse and the Library, and talks mainly about religious intolerance. A movie against fanatism, then and ever, in which we can find lots of things in common with our present time. Very intelligent movie, and a song directed to stars.

A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles)

I have seen it again, and I have got amazed again by this wonderful story. Not only a thrilling testimony about the WWI, based on a consistent book; not only Jean Pierre Jeunet doing it perfectly again, with those yellow and brown filters, and his marvelous secondary characters and little details that were so brightful also en Amelie; not only Jodie Foster making such a delightful role; even more (now I realize) the two more on-fashion actresses of France, acting together, with also a great work from Ulliel. In summary, a film you must not loose by any circumstance.

Train de Vie (Train of Life)

It combines the humour that would come from a Wilder movie, with the funny plot of Jewishes trying to look like Nazis but asking for kosher food, and accused by their own partners of being Nazis, but after the discussion they all pray together. In this fake deportation train, even comunism starts to appear, but political and sentimental questions get crossed. Very funny, funny film, with a clever sense of humour, and some unforgettable touchs of lyrism (town´s fool is magnificient). A little jewel for our eyes.

The Executioner (1963)

Was it possible to make a speech against death penalty under a dictatorship, and even, make it as a comedy? García Berlanga and Azcona, probably the best couple in Spanish cinema ever, got it. The story is about a person who inherits the charge of executioner from his father-in-law, although he doesn´t want it, just to feed the family, and because they swear him he´s not going to kill anyone. However, he gets more involved each time by reasons he does not control. A very funny comedy, with great moments (the one in the lake reflects the surrealism the dictatorship had itself), but that also gives you the opportunity to think about death penalty, and the forgotten and unforgiven role of the executioner.

The Public Eye

Great Pesci. Great character. Great story. And of course, excellent photography.