SYNOPSICS
Sabrás qué hacer conmigo (2015) is a Spanish movie. Katina Medina Mora has directed this movie. Mora Ferriol Avails,Arturo Barba,Rosa María Bianchi,Jose Angel Bichir are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2015. Sabrás qué hacer conmigo (2015) is considered one of the best Drama,Romance movie in India and around the world.
In a hospital hallway, fine arts photographer Nicolas, epileptic since childhood, falls for the aloof Isabel, unaware she is visiting her suicidal mother. Their stories merge as they're suddenly engaged in a highly charged relationship but this doesn't come easy. Nicolás that lives an intense life because of his epilepsy although he lives a normal life he has to take care of himself. On the other hand, Isabel is a woman who, apparently, has her whole life figured out although her mother is not well and she has no choice but to try to save her. As the intense getting acquainted period wanes, they see it's worth attempting to transcend their respective flaws and demons. Isabel and Nicolás fall in love in spite of themselves yet commitment is not something that comes easy in this characters that are drifting away.
Sabrás qué hacer conmigo (2015) Reviews
Heartfelt But Imperfect
The director told us she brought in screenwriters to doctor her heartfelt script referencing experience with an epileptic friend. I fear they did more harm than good. We're all familiar with the structure that divides a film into parts, each headed with a different third-person-limited POV character's name. Here first we get his, in which they meet not so much cute as mystery-woman mysterious. Then we get hers in which she turns out to be quite ordinary, flashing back to cover the same events as in his chapter. Not Rashomon, no conflict, just different POV. Each of these initial parts ends with his fit which he hadn't anticipated and she doesn't understand until she does. As we enter the film's third section in which, for a while, as he regains normalcy, there's a crescendo of POVs, hers and his simultaneously, that had me thinking I'd really like the film. I wanted that crescendo to extend as long as possible. But, no. It becomes her as sympathetic onlooker, him as cause epileptic. She or her script doctors should have stayed in his head much longer than they do, even if doing so would have meant inventing what's there. I'm confident that if she had, what she invented would have been true enough. All that said, parts are very powerful and the water imagery much appreciated.
miscommunications along with passion
Nicolas, an artist, meets Isabel at the hospital. He invites her to a showing of his photographs, and they strike up a conversation. and a passionate kiss. But they have some mis-communication thing going on ... they are attracted to each other, but don't enjoy doing the same things. Pablo Derqui and Ilse Salas star in this whirlwind romance story. First, we watch the events unfold from Nicolas' point of view, then it starts over and we get Isabel's take on it. Kind of a "Run Lola Run" thing, for those have have seen that. Apparently, Nicolas has a disease which gives him seizures, and Isabel has her own struggles going on. His side of the story seems to be much more detailed, while she seems to only catch half of what he says. The passion is genuine on both sides, but clearly they are on different wavelengths. Not bad. Moves a bit slow, but it's an interesting story. Written and directed by Katina Mora, who has made several films over the last ten years.
Was that assisted suicide?
It was an interesting movie. My boyfriend kept asking me which country this movie was from. I kept telling him it was happening in Mexico and this was a Mexican movie. However, my boyfriend was telling me that Nicolas did not have Mexican accent. I did not recognize accents. I looked up where Pablo Derqui was from and he was Spain not Mexico. I wonder why Nicolas kept doing things he was not supposed to do like driving and scuba diving. At the end, I thought he wanted to end his life because he could not take his hopelessness anymore to live with his epilepsy and terminal treatments his doctor suggested. However, I thought Mexico was a heavy Catholic country, so I wonder the ending meant to be suicide or something else. It took very long to figure out what was happening at the beginning. The memory scenes were confusing, too long, and too repetitive. The whole structure of the movies could have done better, but the story itself was interesting if the theme was assisted suicide. Was the side story of Isabel's mother's suicide leading to Nicolas suicide? However, I cannot believe such a young person commit suicide just for epilepsy which millions of people are suffered from all over the world.
Imperfect quality
Sabrás qué hacer conmigo presents some quite elevated standards for an independent production, for any production really.The theme is not very mainstream and tone sets itself apart from other commercial Mexican productions that have been a trend in the last couple years. The photography and cinematography are beautifully made and the sound effects provide depth and immersion for the public. However, in substance, the script and the story itself are far from perfect, instead i found myself thinking is this a story worth telling? does it make up for its beautiful scenery? It presents different points of views, so its interesting to see the story from both sides and then evolve into a shared space, but i wonder what it adds in the sake of storytelling. At the very end, the film becomes confusing, diffuse and weirdly timed. I think the director does have potential and could provide something really good if she worked a better story.