And the Deep Blue Sea: Mulloy’s Compelling Portrait of Desperation
Granted unprecedented access to film in Havana, Cuba, first time director/screenwriter Lucy Mulloy crafts a vibrantly engrossing tale of desperate youths and their hopeful aspirations, frankly depicting issues of sex tourism and queer identities among an already belabored people. With a locale that threatens to distract, if only for the visual infrequency with which many of us our able to experience it, Mulloy’s slickly paced narrative not only manages to click along with surprising agility, but warmly portrays three adolescents as they take action to pursue a courageous and dangerous dream for a better life. Tenderly observed, Mulloy’s provocative drama is an excitedly assured directorial debut.
Lila’s (Anailin de la Rua de la Torre) opening narration informs us of her profound connection to her twin brother, Elio (Javier Nunez Florian), who has recently begun to distance himself from her.
Granted unprecedented access to film in Havana, Cuba, first time director/screenwriter Lucy Mulloy crafts a vibrantly engrossing tale of desperate youths and their hopeful aspirations, frankly depicting issues of sex tourism and queer identities among an already belabored people. With a locale that threatens to distract, if only for the visual infrequency with which many of us our able to experience it, Mulloy’s slickly paced narrative not only manages to click along with surprising agility, but warmly portrays three adolescents as they take action to pursue a courageous and dangerous dream for a better life. Tenderly observed, Mulloy’s provocative drama is an excitedly assured directorial debut.
Lila’s (Anailin de la Rua de la Torre) opening narration informs us of her profound connection to her twin brother, Elio (Javier Nunez Florian), who has recently begun to distance himself from her.
- 8/22/2013
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
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