Montxo Armendáriz Navarro filmmaker, author of great works of English cinema as Tasio (1984) and Secrets of the Heart (1997), returns to the card through the front door with Do not be afraid , delicate film about the nasty subject of pedophilia.
This interesting director, over 27-year career has shot only 9 films, shows great courage and wisdom movie in this film. The proof is that films about child abuse are rare, and achieve also get awe without falling into the coarse or vulgar, just why the film deserves to be on the pedestal of the best films of our recent film in its own right.
Silvia (Michelle Jenner) plays a teenager who has suffered continuous sexual abuse from childhood by her father (Lluís Homar). The film deals with Silvia constant interactions with the world around him, all such relations cut short by this terrible event. Silvia is not an ordinary person is unable to interact normally with people and lead a conventional life. Wandering the streets under vampirizante effect, totally dominated by loneliness. The slab of the past prevents him from owning of herself and her fears and at the same time is a misunderstood and that hides his secret to herself without revealing it to anyone.
Armendáriz Silvia's story shows through the years, always from his point of view, since she was a girl and her father began abusing her. His ways are so delicate they are so great filmmaker, who takes the trouble to leave your camera out of field, with the viewer who imagine such terrible situations. The silences abound in the film, like the shadows, in which one imagines the worst. The images suggest are much worse than they would have shown, such is the power of cinema in the hands of a great director.
Armendáriz Silvia's story shows through the years, always from his point of view, since she was a girl and her father began abusing her. His ways are so delicate they are so great filmmaker, who takes the trouble to leave your camera out of field, with the viewer who imagine such terrible situations. The silences abound in the film, like the shadows, in which one imagines the worst. The images suggest are much worse than they would have shown, such is the power of cinema in the hands of a great director.
not afraid is a film about the human condition and therefore everything is in the hands of the excellent performances of the actors and a script to remove the hat. It is not easy to find samples as evident in the contemporary film scripts as exemplary as this film, which creates the specific situations at the right time and getting the story progresses smoothly. It is a true prodigy. Even if during the viewing of the tape will appear suspect boredom, that is, the unnecessarily long and that cries out for resolution, Armendáriz the final finishes creating a brilliantly coherent and credible weight.
easy thing these films have been falling in topics: show the father as a monster, the mother as protective ... But everything is told from a lot of credibility by the characters. Lluís Homar (what portent of actor) plays a father with two faces: one is loving and protective of his daughter and the other hides a real devil. For its part, the mother of Silvia (Belén Rueda), does not see or will not see the reality that happens at home and believes he Silvia are imaginations. The other characters are on the same line, also built wonderfully, bringing out the good work of documentation by Armendáriz real cases of people who have suffered in the flesh pedophilia.
not be afraid is a jewel of our film, a breath of fresh air on a bulletin board full of mediocrity. And for that matter, how could it be otherwise in this country full of culture, the day of its premiere at a cinema in central Madrid in the room were watching her four cats. As glimpses of a looming quality films lacking efectos especiales y que trata un tema extraído directamente de la pura realidad, los espectadores eligen el cine de evasión. Esto sumado a los prejuicios que existen ante el cine español hará que casi con total seguridad (espero equivocarme) esta película no reciba el éxito que merece y pase sin pena ni gloria, sería lamentable. Ante tan penosa situación, permítanme la ironía, a uno sólo le cabe decir: Perdónales Señor, porque no saben lo que hacen.
not be afraid is a jewel of our film, a breath of fresh air on a bulletin board full of mediocrity. And for that matter, how could it be otherwise in this country full of culture, the day of its premiere at a cinema in central Madrid in the room were watching her four cats. As glimpses of a looming quality films lacking efectos especiales y que trata un tema extraído directamente de la pura realidad, los espectadores eligen el cine de evasión. Esto sumado a los prejuicios que existen ante el cine español hará que casi con total seguridad (espero equivocarme) esta película no reciba el éxito que merece y pase sin pena ni gloria, sería lamentable. Ante tan penosa situación, permítanme la ironía, a uno sólo le cabe decir: Perdónales Señor, porque no saben lo que hacen.
EDUARDO MUÑOZ
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