Marcela packs her suitcase, writes a letter to her husband and leaves to
wait for a bus. A man catches her
just as she faints and she finds out she is pregnant at the hospital. She had an abortion two years ago
because they didn’t have enough money for a baby. She has two choices, leave or go back. She goes back but she says nothing
about any of this to her husband.
She finds a summer job looking after Amador, an elderly bed-ridden man
whose family is away. The money is
good and they need it to buy a new refrigerator for their flower business.
This is a very quiet and slow moving film. Marcela doesn’t have the time or energy for facial
expressions and they will not help in her life. I almost couldn’t finish this film but I went back to
continue. I was glad I did, there is a lot more going on in this film than you see in the beginning. There
are secrets and an unusual ending that I would’ve missed. 3 ½* (I liked this movie)
102 min, Drama directed by Fernando Leon de Aranoa with
Magaly Solier, Celso Bugalio, Pietro Sibille, Sonia Almarcha, Fany de Castro,
Manolo Solo.
Note: Imdb 6.5
out of 10 74% audience on Rotten Tomatoes.
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