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Director: Laura Citarella
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From Time Out Online
The first hour of Citarella’s debut feature impresses with its mysterious ambiguity. A young woman, winner of a quiz offering a low-season break in the titular coastal resort, checks into the hotel and awaits her boyfriend’s arrival; in the meantime she’s chatted up by a waiter and observes the other guests. By the time her filmmaker lover turns up, she’s convinced herself something is amiss… An initially intriguing tale of point of view and the power of the imagination, reminiscent at times of ‘Rear Window’ and ‘Blow Up’, becomes increasingly explicit and contrived in the last act, and suffers accordingly. That said, there’s certainly promise here.Author: Geoff Andrew
Time Out Online London Film Festival 2011
Cast & crew
Director: Laura Citarella
Cast: Laura Paredes, Julián Tello, Santiago Gobernori, Debora Dejtiar, Julio Citarella full cast
Genre(s): Drama
Duration: 85 mins
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