Los que aman odian (2017) User Reviews

Good story but the movie lacks emotional impact

[mfiguero · 6/10 · 22 February 2022]

Maybe because Lopilato is such a bud actress, maybe it´s de production design lacks details and budget, but the movie feels fake.

Read the novel many years ago and had this sad atmosphere in an wild natural setting.

The other actors are fine, but the movie felt flat.

The ending was rushed and some characters should have had better background.

Argentinean forties set mystery.

[Mozjoukine · 23 November 2018]

Middle aged Homeopath Francella takes the train to the hotel run by his sister in the treeless Bosque de Mar dunes only to find that femme fatale Luisana Lopilato and her entourage are already in residence.

There's some style to this one, with the forties detail (celluloid frame glasses prominent) and restricted palette (Digital Cinecolor). They cite McCoy, Goodis and Hammet but the large dose of perversity signals Agatha Christie, along with the string of close-ups telling us the characters are going to be suspects. When the murder does come, the investigation is protracted, killing off whatever momentum the scene setting has provided.

Definite curiosity value however.