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I was lucky to see this film at the Montreal Film Festival, and it was AMAZING. It was definitely violent and confusing (I think I would have gotten more out of it if I understood Spanish), but it was very creative. The cinematography and imagery were amazing. The movie has a very powerful point about loneliness and longing. It is almost entirely silent. Instead of focusing on action and interaction, this movie realistically shows the awkward silences in between conversation, and what we do when we are alone. It is similar to a David Lynch film, and the non-linear story telling reminds me a bit of "Mulholland Drive". I can't pretend I get the full message of what this movie was trying to say, but I still think it was an amazing film, and the best I saw when I was at the Film Festival.

This one , along with Fresnadillo´s "Intacto", is one of the most interesting Spanish films in recent times. It tells the story of four different characters: a mechanic who happens to be a serial killer, a depressive but astonishingly beautiful hostess, and two young offenders. although I do not want to give too much away of the plot, their fates are linked in quite violent and unexpected ways. The best thing about this film is that the whole story is told through images, with very little dialogue. The visuals are both lo-fi and stylized, giving the film a peculiar sense of unreality, in a mental space between daydream and nightmare. It is also very violent at times, although it is more disturbing than disgusting. If you like recent avant-garde,unsettling masterpieces such as Kiyoshi Kurosawa´s "Cure" or Gaspar Noe´s "Seul contre tous" you should watch it.This is like a David Lynch movie directed by Aki Kaurismaki with a Portishead song ( yes, that good)