When we last saw Oliverio, he was a man that appeared to be lost when he finds himself alone, as Ana, the woman he really cared for, decides to go to Spain, without even thinking about him. Oliverio, as we meet him in this new sequel, goes away from Argentina and settles in Spain.
In a way, this film was probably director Eusebio Subiela's comment on how he looked at the economic crisis he saw in his own country during those dark days in which a lot of people decided to go and look for a better life abroad.
The movie, doesn't bear much resemblance with the previous one. The only thing that doesn't want to leave Oliverio is the figure of Death that follows him everywhere. The poetry of the previous film is not evident as much in this new movie, but at the same time, it doesn't have that fatalistic view because it is more positive than the previous one in that, at last, Oliverio, finds true love with a circus performer who dares him to take chances, the same way she does, when she performs on the high wire.
Dario Grandinetti is a frequent collaborator of Mr. Subiela. They both are attuned to the work the director wants to extract from his actors. Ariadna Gil is seen as Alejandra, the girl who steals Oliverio's heart. Nacha Guevara and Sandra Ballesteros return again as Death and Ana.
Although this is not one of Subiela's best pictures, it still has some good elements that will not disappoint his fans.
In a way, this film was probably director Eusebio Subiela's comment on how he looked at the economic crisis he saw in his own country during those dark days in which a lot of people decided to go and look for a better life abroad.
The movie, doesn't bear much resemblance with the previous one. The only thing that doesn't want to leave Oliverio is the figure of Death that follows him everywhere. The poetry of the previous film is not evident as much in this new movie, but at the same time, it doesn't have that fatalistic view because it is more positive than the previous one in that, at last, Oliverio, finds true love with a circus performer who dares him to take chances, the same way she does, when she performs on the high wire.
Dario Grandinetti is a frequent collaborator of Mr. Subiela. They both are attuned to the work the director wants to extract from his actors. Ariadna Gil is seen as Alejandra, the girl who steals Oliverio's heart. Nacha Guevara and Sandra Ballesteros return again as Death and Ana.
Although this is not one of Subiela's best pictures, it still has some good elements that will not disappoint his fans.
