An emotional and sincere portrait of grief as experienced by a child.
The effects of the loss of a mother, both short and long terms, are here vividly depicted in relation to the 70s customs and consciounsly situated, in their manifestation, inside the spanish culture.
At the same time, it achieves to deliver a suggestive and sensitive gaze on childhood.
The movie becomes an instant critique of its time, by unveiling the generational mechanisms that led to emotional fragility.
Truly a piece of he(art).
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