Asleep In The Sun Review [Sfiff]
When I told a movie buff friend of mine I would be attending Sfiff, I asked him if there were any movies he thought I should pay attention to. Among the films he listed, he mentioned Alejandro Chomski's Asleep in the Sun saying ,"the Argentines often start with artiness and inexplicably end up with real art." I'm surprised as how well that description fits the film. The setting is the serene and idyllic 1950s, where Lucio (Luis Machín) works as a watchmaker in his childhood home he inherited at his parent's passing. He lives there with his wife Diana (Esther Goris) whom he adores to no end. She's troubled, however with unnamed mental illness. She is overly preoccupied with dogs and overly attached to a professor named Standle (Enrique Piñeyro), whom she visits frequently. Noticing her condition, Standle approached Lucio suggesting that she visits...
When I told a movie buff friend of mine I would be attending Sfiff, I asked him if there were any movies he thought I should pay attention to. Among the films he listed, he mentioned Alejandro Chomski's Asleep in the Sun saying ,"the Argentines often start with artiness and inexplicably end up with real art." I'm surprised as how well that description fits the film. The setting is the serene and idyllic 1950s, where Lucio (Luis Machín) works as a watchmaker in his childhood home he inherited at his parent's passing. He lives there with his wife Diana (Esther Goris) whom he adores to no end. She's troubled, however with unnamed mental illness. She is overly preoccupied with dogs and overly attached to a professor named Standle (Enrique Piñeyro), whom she visits frequently. Noticing her condition, Standle approached Lucio suggesting that she visits...
- 5/8/2011
- by Blake Griffin
- We Got This Covered
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