Has all the trappings of a proper melodrama with Luisa longing for love and a happy married life and the audience waiting for things to go wrong. But the story veers into different, more disturbing territory, making the film about how fantasies can be both our source of hope and hamper real life happiness. We're left wondering which will triumph and despite the film's stirring last dialogue, I'm not sure at all where Luisa's life will take her.
Pina Pellicer nails every shade of her character- naivety, hope and despair that captivates you. There are also some strikingly contstructed shots - that mirror scene!
