DVD Review - Secrets of the Heart
Secrets of the Heart is the story of one boy's coming of age in a most unusual way. Set in the 1960s this lovely Spanish film is written and directed by Montxo Armendariz.
Young Javi (Andoni Erburu) lives in a small city with his two unmarried aunts - Maria (Charo Lopez) and Rosa (Vicky Pena). One day Javi and his friend Carlos (Inigo Garces) walk by a house that is shut down. Javi's brother Juan (Alvaro Nagore) has told him that the house is haunted because a man killed his wife and her friend there. There have been reports of people hearing voices coming from the house.
Javi and Juan's mother (Silvia Munt) lives in a nearby town with Javi's uncle (Carmelo Gomez), who was his father's brother, and his grandfather (Joan Valles), who was his father's father (his two aunts were his father's sisters). The boys live with their aunts because their mother wants them to go to a good school. But there is more to this than meets the eye. When Javi and Juan visit their mother they are forbidden to go into a certain room in the house - the room where their father died. And that my friends is all that I will tell you about the plot.
The film is true to its title and is mainly about secrets. And Javi is curious and determined enough to find out what they are. This film has a charming and magical quality to it that most
American films about children lack. As the secrets unfold we may not be very surprised but we have a strong sense of satisfaction. All of the acting is good but young Erburu is the standout as Javi the truth is revealed to us through Javi's eyes. I highly recommend that you rent this DVD. You won't be sorry that you did.
Young Javi (Andoni Erburu) lives in a small city with his two unmarried aunts - Maria (Charo Lopez) and Rosa (Vicky Pena). One day Javi and his friend Carlos (Inigo Garces) walk by a house that is shut down. Javi's brother Juan (Alvaro Nagore) has told him that the house is haunted because a man killed his wife and her friend there. There have been reports of people hearing voices coming from the house.
Javi and Juan's mother (Silvia Munt) lives in a nearby town with Javi's uncle (Carmelo Gomez), who was his father's brother, and his grandfather (Joan Valles), who was his father's father (his two aunts were his father's sisters). The boys live with their aunts because their mother wants them to go to a good school. But there is more to this than meets the eye. When Javi and Juan visit their mother they are forbidden to go into a certain room in the house - the room where their father died. And that my friends is all that I will tell you about the plot.
The film is true to its title and is mainly about secrets. And Javi is curious and determined enough to find out what they are. This film has a charming and magical quality to it that most
American films about children lack. As the secrets unfold we may not be very surprised but we have a strong sense of satisfaction. All of the acting is good but young Erburu is the standout as Javi the truth is revealed to us through Javi's eyes. I highly recommend that you rent this DVD. You won't be sorry that you did.
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