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Title: A movie in a movie in a movie
Review: Esai Morales was certainly NOT a captivating central presencein this film, and the movie is better for it. Rather he comes acrossas a benign, and even a little doltish, Everyman. The disconnectedness he feels with his life is not unlike experiences we can all relate to. What is different for his character, is the opportunity to explore the reason for his experience of isolation. We see his internal turmoil reflected, in what he gradually discovers in the lives of the friends and family who surround him, and eventually in what he discovers about the historical events of his home. "You don't want to know," he's told; "it's better left in the past!" And after the film's tense conclusion, we might comclude that, yes, some things really are better left out of our cosnciousness. And every time we see a smiling or thoughtful face, we may wonder just a bit more what unspoken story lies beneath the surface . . . the story of a life, of a family, or even of a country.
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