a day like today, a Sunday in summer 1990, took place the famous slaughter of Puerto Hurraco. For those who do not remember it (like me, who was 2 years old), a long series of feuds between two families over the Izquierdo siblings shaping the deep cazurrez of Spain at its best shot and getting involved with all quisqui. In 2004 the movie was released on 7 th day , directed by Carlos Saura and scripted by Ray Loriga , based on the fateful event.
Typically think that from a base that's hard not to leave a good movie. And actually this is not a bad play, but his script is not making the huge potential of the story. The main problem therefore lies in the script. Of all possible approaches, the author would prefer the easier and less risky, less intersante accordingly. The film takes place from the point of view of one of the teenage daughters of the family, say, a victim. This is a cowardly approach, because the story is much less complicated than starting from the perspective of the victims. Where the real interest of the viewer is in the characters offending family members, deranged and insane, here are portrayed as mere fools, motivated very simple and without delving into their relationships. But focusing on them was too risky, Loriga must have thought, since it is difficult to get into the mind of a murderer and trying to show their motives, especially when the murderer is a whole family. To have raised it from this point of view, the film could go wrong, of course, but also could have gone very well, certainly much better than the final result.
to all this we add that, personally, it reminded me at first to Los Santos Inocentes masterpiece of English cinema and I daresay the world, the final print can not get much better. Comparisons are odious, yes, but also unavoidable, and the rural environment in which the film takes place automatically took me back to the famous film Mario Camus. Accentuating another script failures: poor construction of the secondary characters, some stuffed with shoe to adorn the main story.
However, in conclusion, On 7 th day is a film worth seeing. If one reduces the initial expectations can enjoy a history of revenge and love, while enjoying the beautiful picture, without feeling particularly disappointed or bored.
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