I Have Electric Dreams

I Have Electric Dreams is really good! It's the sad story of a 16 year old being split between her separated parents. As a child of split-parents their situation sadly rang very true.

As much as she admires her young artistic dad, he has bad anger problems. While the father's anger was indefensible, it's such a well-made film that (early in the film at least) I felt sorry for him as well as those he hurt. It's a complex situation.

Daniela Navarro plays a slightly older teen going through these difficult times very well. There were subtleties in her performance and the character's writing that had me, a 40 year old man, empathising with problems from being a teenage girl.

It's true that it does bear a lot of similarities to Aftersun - a single dad and his teenage daughter try to bond despite his bad mental health. They are also both excellent debut features from female writer/directors. It makes me wonder if Valentina Maurel has ever met Charlotte Wells.

I really recommend this! Not an easy watch but a strong, emotional ride.

I didn't see anything beautiful in this movie. Even the main character is only beautiful when shot very close up. Just an uninteresting story with ugly and depraved people, in a disreputable city, at the end of the world, driven by a sexual drive. As with the pack animals - they mention it to us at the beginning and end of the film. The whole story overflows with excessive naturalism, often bordering on the vulgar. Maybe this is how the director is trying to give us more realism and truth of the story, I don't know, but rather it has the opposite effect. The only worthwhile thing about this film is the magnificent cinematography - a truly excellent job!