This is another “end of an era” movie, and a very special one at that.

Alcarras reminds us of what we’ve been missing. It’s a beautiful, sad, authentic depiction of the drama within one extended family facing a kind of oblivion.

Simón is attentive to the family as a complex unit, depicting it as a thriving mesh of personalities that do not all agree, but which are all bent toward the common ends of labor and survival, like the fibers comprising a muscle.

It's one of those unusual stories that we can all relate to at some point. A drama with comedic overtones that never lets the plot fall and also features great character development. [Full Review in Spanish]