Despite the low-budget mockumentary approach, Liliana Paolinelli's excellent Proper Eyes is a coming-of-age story far more meaningful than most glossy studio productions ever manage. The story of an Argentine student whose video thesis on the women who visit the local jail proves to be an education she never expected, it's an accomplished narrative that explores multiple subtexts with subtlety and grace - not least a layer of meta-commentary that's haunting and thought-provoking yet never once contrived or grating.Alicia (Ana Carabajal) and her friend Virginia (Maria Santucho) are shooting a documentary about the women they see gathered at the prison gates, hoping for a ticket that'll allow them in to visit family or loved ones. Most are reluctant to talk to the two girls, and those...
- 3/22/2011
- Screen Anarchy
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