This isn't a complete review of the movie but rather an addendum to JvH48's review.
My criticism of which would be the lack of understanding of the first and last scene. "[...] some of the scenes seem endless, particularly the one at the beginning where we have a slowly changing view on the sea, without any hint whatsoever how it relates to the plot at hand."
The first and last scene connect in a beautifully simplistic way the two, separately developed story lines of Lidia and Rafael. Their deceased son as the common element. This gives a wholly different point of view. Work as their way to escape traumatic events. Lifelong Catharsis. Maybe.
My criticism of which would be the lack of understanding of the first and last scene. "[...] some of the scenes seem endless, particularly the one at the beginning where we have a slowly changing view on the sea, without any hint whatsoever how it relates to the plot at hand."
The first and last scene connect in a beautifully simplistic way the two, separately developed story lines of Lidia and Rafael. Their deceased son as the common element. This gives a wholly different point of view. Work as their way to escape traumatic events. Lifelong Catharsis. Maybe.