(2006) The Last Gaze/ La Ultima mirada
(In Spanish with English subtitles)
DRAMA
Produced, written and directed by Patricia Arriaga-Jordán, plot less, and not for everybody since it's very subtle which 'states' a long journey between an older man and a very young lady destined to be together with viewers wondering when. Homero (Sergi Mateu) whose a renowned respected painter who while enjoying some of the best days of his life, suddenly experiencing his life collapsing before his eyes while teaching a painting class. And then finding out that the result of his "luminous chromatic" blindness was hereditary, he becomes isolated, ignoring phone calls as well as distancing himself from seeing his father until nuns at a mosque eventually convinced him to go and do that! During all this, a young lady, Mei (Marisol Centeno) whose the daughter of a free spirited prostitute gets sent to a brothel along with her grandparents to work as a maid while her mother goes away. Because of a lack of education and problems with her boyfriend, her problems started stemming from being bad to worst. Because the beginning of the film showed what appear to be some blood stains on some bed covers as well as some sheets before cutting back and forth between the two main characters, the correct way to watch this one is by fast- forwarding while playing to see the end before watching it again from the beginning since viewers assume that it's going to be something bloody and grotesque only to be that it really isn't the case after all, but the film still drags it's viewers to a long path to get there except that 'others' such as myself can see this film as an impoverished young girl with high moral standards despite coming from a very negative upbringing since not all girls of some of the poorest parts of Mexico are not all prostitutes, some strive to become respectful and sometimes to seek someone who can grant those girls with a little respect is sometimes the only way to start. More like a 75% but I'm going to give it an 80%!
