
An older European woman becomes enchanted with a young Dominican woman who must struggle to make ends meet. Love brings a flow of entanglements in a drama which unfolds like palm trees in an irresistible storm.... (Full plot summary below)
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An older European woman becomes enchanted with a young Dominican woman who must struggle to make ends meet. Love brings a flow of entanglements in a drama which unfolds like palm trees in an irresistible storm.
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| The New York TimesStephen HoldenMs. Chaplin, in one of her most touching screen performances, imbues Anne with a world-weary melancholy that makes your heart sink. |
| Chilango.comIra FrancoA fable about desire where the story is driven entirely by its characters. [Full review in Spanish] |
| CinegarageErick EstradaThe movie lacks rythym, it's repetitive and all over the place, it stops the narration falling in love with itself and at the end it tries to pull off a Nouvelle Vague ending that's really predictable. [Full review in Spanish] |
| Time Out MéxicoAnaid RamírezA drama that sometimes can be mistaken for reality. [Full review in Spanish] |
| Screen InternationalLee MarshallIt's a film with a restless motion, a film about people in transit (on motorbikes, on foot, in life), in which the question of whether to stay or whether to go, and if so where, takes on a special, existential resonance. |
| Slant MagazineElise NakhnikianIt respects and plumbs the feelings of all three main characters while surfacing the economic, ethnic, cultural, and gender power imbalances in their relationships. |
| VarietyJay WeissbergChaplin’s performance is characterized by a lack of vanity and an almost magical combination of empathy and pathos. |
| Village VoiceSerena DonadoniGuzmán and Cárdenas present this tropical island as both Anne's romantic refuge and Noelí's exploitative landscape, a beautiful, enchanting — and realistic — Eden where snakes are merely snakes. |
| Cine VértigoErnesto DiezmartinezCrdenas and Guzmn succeed in this tale thats in between the natural, sexual desire and decadence in which their characters live. [Full review in Spanish] |
| CorrecámaraHugo LaraShot solemnly, the film feels a little cold and distant. However, among other things, it's worst seeing just to enjoy the view, the culture and the music the Dominican Republic has offer. [Full review in Spanish] |