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Among the films by Medem, some of them stand out, crearly, La ardilla roja (The red squirrel), Tierra and Caótica Ana, where a Brian De a Palma actor, appeared, in a secondary role, his name Gerrit Graham.

The film has the direction of a craftsman, using several and very well edited sequence-shots, thus the picture deserves being watched.

The problem is the actors and actresses direction. Could be better, they are sometimes like abandoned.

The make up is not right or maybe Medem should have used a different actor and a different actress for the final scenes, when they are very old, the film loses credibility, should be more realistic and precise.

The music is too sweet. And the film is somewhat naive, sometimes cheesy.

It tries to tell a kind of history of the recent Spain, with deep wounds coming from the Spanish Civil War and the thirties.

The use of the color in the film is fantastic, sepia, black & white.

The feminism in the film is superficial, with some scenes showing the girl escaping and driving a car in the sixties with her mini skirt, hair in the wind.

But, a bunch of sequence-shots are worth watching.