One summer of different people There is no main character in this film. And the plot, too. There are several characters that we are shown.
As far as I understand, the main idea of this film is life pain. When you're a kid, everything seems funny. You can play and laugh. When you are no longer a teenager but not yet an adult, you can drink, walk with friends, look for work. When you have children of your own, but you are still young, you think that everything can change, it makes sense to move on, at least for the sake of the children. But when your children have grown up, you go into the swamp and crawl in it, up to your neck in the mud and you can't even stand up. You just crawl and scream in pain and effort. You keep crawling. Not seeing purpose or meaning. And that is the existential horror. Especially if you can understand it.
Personally, I would divide all the characters by age. First, it's children. We don't know whose they are or where they came from. But they're having fun. They swim in the pool, play, the grass is greener and the trees are big. When asked how many years ago their father left them, they are sad. When they say they don't talk to him, they're having fun. They're swimming in the pool and fooling around. They must have climbed into someone else's rich house. The teenagers also have fun with them. One of them is Oscar, nicknamed Goliath. He was called that because everyone thinks he killed his girlfriend.
The next level is Gabon? I forgot my name. It's Gabon. And his friend. Gabon is in the military because no one wants to hire him. He's young and handsome. So is his friend. They talk about girls, drink beer, intimidate pensioners and seem to beat some man to death.
The next level is several women from 20 to 30 years. They were only shown in passing. Maybe there are a couple more men, but almost nothing is known about them. They work. Support families. One woman had five young children and her husband killed.
And finally, almost the main character. A middle-aged woman, fat, always wearing a saleswoman's apron. It shows the most. Her husband recently left her and she is very upset. She can't get her thoughts together. It is difficult to endure loneliness, misses him. Doesn't know how to move on. Trying to find him. He wears his clothes like a chicken and an egg. Can't leave her at home because she reminds me of him, can't throw it away.
There's also a very old woman. She offers girls catalogs like Avon. No one visits her, but she has come to terms with her loneliness and it is difficult for her, but quite comfortable.
These stories are told in the film, there is no context. No tie-up or finale. Just life. Slow and boring. Or playful and sparkling. Or heavy and lonely. Everything happens in real time. If the boys are walking along the road, they follow it until they reach the place. And the cameraman follows them, shaking the camera. This all gives the impression of complete immersion. And the truth is, even though I don't know anything about Mexico and it's clearly nothing like Russia, I felt like I was looking at people I knew. What they do and how they do it is very similar to my neighbors. Or the people I meet on the street. You don't need a translation to understand this film. It is very simple and intuitive, not that relevant, but I think everyone will have a response.
7 out of 10