Parpados Azules (98 min)
Seen on the 17th January 2009
This is a very cryptic film. It talks about loneliness (both shared and individual) and what people do to overcome. It starts not telling the story of the main characters Victor and Marina but by telling us about an old, almost embittered elderly Lola. Lola sets the tone of the film, very cheerful in appearance, by telling us she is happy having divorced (one presumes) of a very macho and dominant husband.
To celebrate one more year of Lola's business, she gives away 10 days in a sunny, tropical island. Marina is the lucky (or perhaps unlucky) winner but faces a problem: who will go with her? Marina searches among his acquaintances but no one is around anymore, it's being too long since she last call. Her sister tries to take the price away from her but she refuses and we realize Marina must be a very lonely girl. She finds out another lonely soul Victor, who is very enthusiastic about a "common" past that Marina desperately tries to forget. The film to me raises the question: What is a better form of loneliness? Being by oneself or sharing loneliness with others?
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