… In Bed (no, it’s not a fortune cookie film) (En La Cama)
I’ve just come out of my 2nd movie for the SFIFF and wooo… what a goodie.
IMHO: A stunning film that is a study of pieces, intimacy at all levels, the lies we tell others, and those that we tell ourselves. The confessions of truth that are hard to swallow, and what the concept of intimacy means on so many different levels.
The opening scene is about 5 mintues of pure audio porn followed by some very close up shots of some seriously intense bumping and grinding. We see only the briefest of parts of the two actors.
Post amazingly “how could you be faking that” and “Omg I feel dirty watching this” and “why am I watching this movie alone and in a theater full of old people film nut strangers” and “i should really cross my legs a bit…woo… it’s getting warm here…” we’re presented with our first piece of dialogue.
“So.. um… what’s your name again?”
From there we see a visual resonance on the themes of emotional intimacy and truth as we slowly get larger and fuller pictures of our two protagonists.
The entire film is a couple in a cheesy motel. A rendezvous of fate or escape, a little bit of both. Stunning performances and direction. I’m looking forward to seeing what else the director Matias Biza has in store.
Sadly, this afternoon’s shwo was the last showing of this film for this particular film festival, but if I were you, I’d put it on a watch list for Netflix or your local world/international/latinamerican film fests. Really good shit.
I give it 4.5/5 pigtails.
Director Credits & Whatnot
En la camaNew Directors
Chile/Germany, 2005, 85 minutesSHOWTIMES
Sat, Apr 22 / 9:15 / Castro / INBE22C
Mon, Apr 24 / 3:15 / Kabuki / INBE24KCREDITS
- dir MatÃas Bize
- prod Adrián Solar, Christoph Meyer-Wiel
- scr Julio Rojas
- cam Gabriel Diaz, Cristián Castro
- editor Paula Talloni
- mus Diego Fontecilla
- cast Blanca Lewin, Gonzalo Valenzuela
- source IntraMovies, Via E. Manfredi 15, 00197 Rome, Italy FAX: +39-06-807-61-56 EMAIL: mail@intramovies.com
Part Richard Linklater, part Samuel Beckett, In Bed takes a slice of life—a round-the-clock tryst in a motel—and turns it into a contemplation of life, love and sex. The entire film takes place in a Santiago motel room that has been begging for a remodel since the disco era. Not that you will notice any of that with two hot young Latin stars—Gonzalo Valenzuela as Bruno and Chilean TV star Blanca Lewin as Daniela—naked in the foreground. They met just a few hours ago in a café and are getting acquainted very quickly. At first a closeup, blurring montage of naked bodies, In Bed begins to follow a natural rhythm as it transforms into a relationship drama between couplings. After the first few orgasms Bruno lets on that he is leaving the country. Then Daniela lets on that she is in a relationship. Ah, how naïve of us to think that life could ever be so simple, as even a spontaneous roll in the hay proves to be a drama of conflicting emotions. Talking about his choice of “location,†director Bize says, “In bed is where you love, where you dream and where you betray.†The little deceptions, the passion, the fear of commitment, the beauty and the loneliness of young love are all laid bare in this abstract universe contained within a few hours in a motel room.—Miguel Pendás
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