A man finds himself cast away on an isolated island and is haunted by the memorys of his lost lover.

OK, this is my first review here. I am pretty much writing it, because this was the best movie I saw at the 2005 Rio’s Film Festival and since then I have only seen people trash it. This is simply a beautiful poetic film about the definition of love and what it means for much of today’s relationships. I have to say that I disagreed with some of it’s conclusions, but that didn’t at all damaged my enjoyment. What more can I say? Everything is beautifully constructed in the screen: the car with the 40 candles, the empty plane, the stopwatch, the hands touching, the singing with the glasses, the city in the winter with the umbrella, … All followed by great music and some dancing (witch some critics thought should have been more meaningful, instead of just plan fun). Since I never saw a Makhmalbaf’s film before, I can only compare saying that its much like a Godard’s, but without his recent bitterness and with actually something to say (or at least with something I care about listening). Finishing, it’s about the search for the moments of happiness in life. Definitely a must for people tired of those boring narrative movies that cant seen to stop telling those same old dramatic stories with no originality in the scenes’ enrichment.

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