Enjoyable and feeling drama about a secret and deep love passion for a young woman, Matilde (Olalla Moreno), that will mark the life of a young doctor (Patxi Freytez) who adores her and will shake the existence of everyone around him. There are other interesting roles: Armancia (Amanda García), a ruthless girl who in her terrible innocence, acts cruelly, precipitating her sister's wrong move. Jonah (Albert Pla), a madman who crosses the hills reciting Dante, he's the doctor's brother, is out of his mind, driven mad by another tragic love story. Finally, there are Valeria (Monica Belucci) , and her father, the former is a beautiful and mysterious fencing master who blindly gives herself to the wrong man (Christopher Thompson), they live in the doctor's family's fencing pavilion, where she and originally her father only gave fencing lessons, and engaged in other activities.
A thought-provoking and slow-moving film in which chance, silence and loving passion become an incurable disease that hovers over the lives of all these characters and leads them to their respective existential crossroads. This story is told by the doctor himself in flashbacks, as one of the main characters lies dying. Set in a Galicia on the margins of time, Isabel Coixet's film shows the story of a loving passion with pain, jealousy, and longing, which the director combines with characters full of secrets and internal turmoil, who move on the verge of madness and doom. The film, nominated for the Goyas for best costume design, stars Italian model and actress Monica Belucci (Shoot'em up, Under suspicion) as Valeria the mysterious and beautiful woman who lives with her father in the fencing hall, the Spanish Patxi Freytez (Comisario series) as a young doctor suffering a deep passion that marks and threatens the existence of those around him, Olalla Moreno (El Ministerio del tiempo, Perdona si te llamo amor) Julio Nuñez (Prohibido Enamorase) and Gary Piquer (Holmes and Watson Madrid days).
Special mention for the brilliant and luxurious cinematography by Paco Femenia who carries out a photography with juicy atmosphere ,. Cameraman Paco Femenia is deemed to be one of the best Spanish cameraman with a long and prestigious artistic career. Spotless pictorial cinematography was shot on location in Boveda,Ferreria de Incio, Lancara, Laxe, Mondriz, Trascastro, Outara ,Lugo and Monasterio de San Estevo, Ourense, Galicia, España. As well as agreeable and evocative musical score by Alfonso de Villalonga . The motion picture was competently directed by the Spanish filmmaker Isabel Coixet following her ordinary feeling style . Coixet e is a fine professional , and she is usually the camera operator of her movies. Isabel is a nice craftsman who has made thoughtful and heartful films , such as : A los que Aman , Map of Sounds of Tokyo , Another me, The Secret Life of Words , Things I Never Told You , Endless Night , Learning to Drive, Elisa and Mariela . And his greatest hits were Another Me , Bookshop. She also has made some documentary and shorts as Proyecto Tiempo , Sea Aral, Espíritu de la Pintura , Marea Blanca , Marlango, Spain in a Day and a segment of París Je taim , among others . ¨A los que aman¨ rating : 7/ 10. Well worth watching . Better than average .
A thought-provoking and slow-moving film in which chance, silence and loving passion become an incurable disease that hovers over the lives of all these characters and leads them to their respective existential crossroads. This story is told by the doctor himself in flashbacks, as one of the main characters lies dying. Set in a Galicia on the margins of time, Isabel Coixet's film shows the story of a loving passion with pain, jealousy, and longing, which the director combines with characters full of secrets and internal turmoil, who move on the verge of madness and doom. The film, nominated for the Goyas for best costume design, stars Italian model and actress Monica Belucci (Shoot'em up, Under suspicion) as Valeria the mysterious and beautiful woman who lives with her father in the fencing hall, the Spanish Patxi Freytez (Comisario series) as a young doctor suffering a deep passion that marks and threatens the existence of those around him, Olalla Moreno (El Ministerio del tiempo, Perdona si te llamo amor) Julio Nuñez (Prohibido Enamorase) and Gary Piquer (Holmes and Watson Madrid days).
Special mention for the brilliant and luxurious cinematography by Paco Femenia who carries out a photography with juicy atmosphere ,. Cameraman Paco Femenia is deemed to be one of the best Spanish cameraman with a long and prestigious artistic career. Spotless pictorial cinematography was shot on location in Boveda,Ferreria de Incio, Lancara, Laxe, Mondriz, Trascastro, Outara ,Lugo and Monasterio de San Estevo, Ourense, Galicia, España. As well as agreeable and evocative musical score by Alfonso de Villalonga . The motion picture was competently directed by the Spanish filmmaker Isabel Coixet following her ordinary feeling style . Coixet e is a fine professional , and she is usually the camera operator of her movies. Isabel is a nice craftsman who has made thoughtful and heartful films , such as : A los que Aman , Map of Sounds of Tokyo , Another me, The Secret Life of Words , Things I Never Told You , Endless Night , Learning to Drive, Elisa and Mariela . And his greatest hits were Another Me , Bookshop. She also has made some documentary and shorts as Proyecto Tiempo , Sea Aral, Espíritu de la Pintura , Marea Blanca , Marlango, Spain in a Day and a segment of París Je taim , among others . ¨A los que aman¨ rating : 7/ 10. Well worth watching . Better than average .