This 2009 film, by the master filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira, is a rather short but captivating story. A man begins to recount his passionate tale to a fellow passenger as they travel aboard a train.
Then in flashback, as he narrates, you can see the story unfold. How he became obsessed with a young blond woman, waving a fan, in a building window directly across the street from his office. You see the lengths he went to, risking everything, to be with her, and the unexpected conclusion to the love saga.
I felt the film maintained the viewer's interest consistently as the story progressed. Therefore, I found it to be quite engrossing.
De Oliveira I believe is now over 100 years old, which makes the film even more remarkable.
Then in flashback, as he narrates, you can see the story unfold. How he became obsessed with a young blond woman, waving a fan, in a building window directly across the street from his office. You see the lengths he went to, risking everything, to be with her, and the unexpected conclusion to the love saga.
I felt the film maintained the viewer's interest consistently as the story progressed. Therefore, I found it to be quite engrossing.
De Oliveira I believe is now over 100 years old, which makes the film even more remarkable.