This is a film about the process of grief. Javier and Amanda lose their four year old in a drowning accident, split up and then finally work their way back to each other to complete the process. This film by Chilean Matias Bize is a sensitive and well shot movie though perhaps it was a touch long given that many of the scenes are dialogue-free.
This in itself was not bad as the subject does not give to long speeches but rather to internal work. Moreover, some of the dialogue seemed a little forced and preachy in parts. One scene that should have flopped was that in which Amanda is interpreting a speaker explaining the mechanisms of drowning in the body and thanks to the ability of Elena Anaya,
the actress, it works. Benjamin Vicuña holds the bulk of the film on his shoulders and does it well. 
So, overall I have mixed feelings about the movie. There is an authenticity in the actors and the scenes (Vicuña lost a child not long before this) but perhaps the film is a little self-conscious. Nevertheless, Bize is a director with talent and Arnaldo Rodriguez does well behind the camera.
★★★
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