Ana Cristina Benitez chronicles and meditates on her life as she undergoes chemotherapy for advanced stage breast cancer.
This is a very personal film. Created to pass the time while being treated the film moves at the pace of life. It’s a you are there film that puts us in every moment of Benitez’s life. As a result it is a warts and all and extremely raw film at time. Benitez holds nothing back.
For me this is a film I admire more than I like. While I could relate to portions of this film, there is much in it such things relating to being a woman, that I could not connect to emotionally. Additionally some of the pacing of some sequences broke the spell as my mind wandered. Make no mistake, that doesn’t mean it’s a bad film, rather that this is a film that is going to play better with some audiences over others.
Worth a look for those interested.
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