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Title: A Cotton Candy Movie
Review: One of my favorite photographs is of a little old lady walking with cane, eating a huge cone of cotton candy. "Alegria" reminds me of that photo: in a dreary world, there is cotton candy and the joy of a moment which is beautiful, engaging, filled with awareness.No, the plot isn't much. And no, the dialogue is pretty mundane at times ("How do you feel?" "Happy and sad at the same time." "That means you're in love".) But what is captivating is the allegory and the symbolism: the constant interplay between real and fantasy, between good and bad, between love and loneliness, between childhood and maturity, between good and evil.To experience this, one has to be able to accept the film in and of itself: the music, the cinematography, the narrative sequence. No, it's not a stage performance, and no it isn't a 'movie'. It is a complete and unified emotional and artistic experience, and it's wonderful.
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