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4.5
I don't want to speculate on why this movie has not found larger distribution in North America. A generation fed too much fundamentalism may be a touch timid for the Latin soul. Hilda Hidalgo's adaptation is terrific and Marques is an irresistable story teller whose celebrated insight into human nature ought to be mandatory reading for adults everywhere but particularly in my country where top box office fare runs to cartoons and improbable superheros. His is a bold and wild virtuosity which informs his discipline with grace, maturity and an irrepressible faith and affection in the human spirit.