Valentin

One of those cutesy-cute kids’-eye-view films, with a couple insightful moments and a truly moving climax when Valentín learns the truth about his parents from a stranger (at least, I fell for it Smile). Overall, by no means an original film, and just adding the trait of being cross-eyed does nothing to endear the boy to me. I should be more judicious in choosing my Maura films: this is not up to the pitch of a Hepburn or Huppert fixation (for whom I’d gladly watch any number of Dragon Seeds and Gabrielles).