My Take:
This film is like a breath of fresh, mountain air. It tells the story of Claudina, a woman in her seventies who, after the death of her husband, moves to a small town and, to her own surprise, falls in love with her neighbor, Elsa. It’s a stunning testament to the fact that it’s never too late to discover yourself and find freedom. The movie has a dreamlike quality—blending grey everyday life with local legends about UFOs and spaceships.
What's Captivating: The maturity of this relationship. There's no teenage angst here; instead, we see the courage of a woman who spent her whole life meeting others' expectations and finally decides to "take flight" in her own direction. The cinematography of the Chilean landscape is breathtaking and creates an atmosphere of melancholy mixed with hope.
A Word of Caution: The film's metaphors (especially the UFO subplot) might be too abstract for some. This is arthouse cinema that doesn't hand you all the answers—it’s meant to be felt.
Verdict: 8.5/10 🏳️🌈
A quiet masterpiece about "blooming late." One of the most beautiful films about freedom I've seen in recent years.
🔍 Did you know...?
Director Nicol Ruiz Benavides based the character of Claudina on women from her own community in Chile. She wanted to show that her grandmothers' generation also has a right to desire and autonomy. Interestingly, the UFO motif isn't random—the town where the movie was filmed is actually famous in Chile for alleged sightings of unidentified flying objects, which the director used as a symbol of escaping suffocating traditions.
