This film has the same effect as the outrageous spellings in the review title above. It pretended to be an art film, but came across as pretentious and ridiculous, due to scripting and production values as flawed as misspelled words.
"Amapola" follows in the tradition of such brilliant French films as "Les Enfants du Paradis," an epic romance framed in the context of a theater company struggling during an era of political turmoil in the Nazi Occupation of Paris.
But "Amapola" could have been set in any time at any place. Ostensibly, the film reflected the turbulent years of the Peron dictatorship and the Falklands War. But those events never came into play, as the film's protagonist Amapola engages in time travel without regard to the changing nature of Argentina.
While the relationship of Amapola with her boat man from Boise was touching, the other characters were shallow set pieces used primarily for the dance and theater scenes. The idea of drawing upon "A Midsummer Night's Dream" as a conceit for film's dreamlike vision was intriguing, but never fully realized. Overall, "Amapola" was disappointing as a fantasy-romance.
"Amapola" follows in the tradition of such brilliant French films as "Les Enfants du Paradis," an epic romance framed in the context of a theater company struggling during an era of political turmoil in the Nazi Occupation of Paris.
But "Amapola" could have been set in any time at any place. Ostensibly, the film reflected the turbulent years of the Peron dictatorship and the Falklands War. But those events never came into play, as the film's protagonist Amapola engages in time travel without regard to the changing nature of Argentina.
While the relationship of Amapola with her boat man from Boise was touching, the other characters were shallow set pieces used primarily for the dance and theater scenes. The idea of drawing upon "A Midsummer Night's Dream" as a conceit for film's dreamlike vision was intriguing, but never fully realized. Overall, "Amapola" was disappointing as a fantasy-romance.