The movie is seductively pleasurable, for most of its length. Tavernier corrals the emotions and restricts musical embellishment, concentrating on the powerful landscape and Cheval's life within it.

Cheval was seriously inhibited and reclusive, but not entirely. The impression we also get is of someone who would have liked to see the world.

The film fails to go beyond Cheval's self-absorption. [Full review in Spanish]

A love story that transcends words is reinforced year by year and stone by stone.