Sidewalls (2011)
Starring Javier Drolas, Pilar López de Ayala, Inés Efron, Rafael Ferro, Carla Peterson, Adrián Navarro, Jorge Ernesto Lanata, Alan Pauls, Romina Paula, Miguel Dedovich, Miguel Ángel Álvarez
IHBM7.5Very good
Martin is a neurotic web designer taking baby steps out of the isolation of his one-room apartment and his virtual reality. Mariana is an artist fresh out of a a long relationship. They are perfect for each other, live on the same street, in opposite buildings, but they never meet. Can the movement of a modern city of three million people bring them together?
My review · Reviewed 05/25/2021
This was an interesting little movie. I loved the basic feel of the movie - there are two different storylines that feature a person that is a loner in a big city. Despite the fact that the person has been unlucky in love and unlucky in life there is still a flicker of hope that each carries around. The stories are well-framed and you can definitely feel a Woody Allen-type narration in the beginning (and of course Manhattan is actually shown in the background of one scene). I am never one to root for characters or outcomes but you couldn't help but feel sympathy for the leads so in that sense the movie is a joy to watch. Given the way the storylines were unfolding I suspected a different ending. After mulling it over the result of the storyline was never the point.