Captivating Story from a Great Storyteller
This 2009 film, by the master filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira, is a rather short but captivating story. A man begins to recount his passionate tale to a fellow passenger as they travel aboard a train.Then in flashback, as he narrates, you can see the story unfold. How he became obsessed with a young blond woman, waving a fan, in a building window directly across the street from his office. You see the lengths he went to, risking everything, to be with her, and the unexpected conclusion to the love saga.
I felt the film maintained the viewer's interest consistently as the story progressed. Therefore, I found it to be quite engrossing.
De Oliveira I believe is now over 100 years old, which makes the film even more remarkable.
score 7/10
larrys3 5 October 2012
Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw2683791/35640
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