Stroking an Animal

Mariña and Ada are lovers while they involve their mutual friend Tomás in their open relationship. The story is narrated through different seasons showcasing those moments of their lives where they are being intimate, camping out travelling and the eventual strain in their relationship. How does the couple get over it forms rest of the story.

For a film that is over an hour long, the director's vision is limited to his thoughts shared along with the display of the season on screen as reading that felt better than the whole film. Not that the film was bad, it's just that I couldn't relate with the main characters journey. There is nothing beyond their intimate moments - physical or emotional while what led them to that is never shed light upon. While there is lot of sex, when a character does break down, I wish the sense of betrayal was handled better for that scene with confession, followed by them making up to have the right impact. Instead the entire film couldn't get me emotionally invested in these three characters' life.

And the addition of Tomas is likened to an old man's fantasy of a three some that he will never experience. It's bad enough that there two women's actions are never explained or explored as to Why?

But Tomas is not the most desirable male that these two women could bring into a sexual triste, so I can say that for me at least with this twist. I didn't buy it and wishful thinking of an overactive imagination of a teenager going through puberty.

So with that, I opted for the stop and delete and stopped the torture before it could get any worse.

All sex and zero substance can get you a very bad review.