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Daniel & Ana (2009)
This could have been a good movie
The story is good. The fact that it is condemning a real problem makes it even better. For a while, I thought it was going to be a powerful film, but it was not. You will find yourself counting the minutes for the movie to end. The preamble to the peak moment is boring, then less than 20 minutes of a good sequence, perfectible, but good enough, considering the roughness of the situation. That's it. The rest is dull, repetitive, and flat. The plot offered plenty to work with. The story is claimed to be real, thus there were many other things they could have shown, expressed, and exposed to move the audience. However, all the opportunities were wasted with a weak and God-fearing approach to the post-traumatic behavior. They lost it. Toward the end, another dramatic moment is featured as an irrelevant inconvenience solved with Ana giving the cold shoulder to her brother. They took the easy way to solve the conflict. It is fair to say that the photography is flawless. Marimar Vega's performance is the best of the film.
El caso de la mujer asesinadita (1955)
Subrealistic story. Funny situations. Inexpensive production and well-realized Mexican film.
Gloria Marin and Abel Salazar play the main characters in this story about a man who tries to kill his wife.
On a stormy night, while she's (Gloria Marin) reading a novel and took by mistake the killing pill, left on purpose by his absent husband, a couple (Abel Salazar and Martha Roth) knock the door looking for a shelter... or so we think. But they claim to be the owners of the house.
The cook and the butler recognize them and admit they are their employers. A couple of characters from the novel she was reading come to life and a series of funny and confusing, yet surrealist, situations take place.
Very recommendable for those who love different movies.