Las Meninas (2009)
Overview
This film is about what the routine of everyday life can do to the human mind and psyche. It also reflects on the importance of the choices we make and how limited these choices are in the first place. The plot evolves around a family of four. They live in the suburbs, in a strange villa that appears, through a complex game of mirrors, to be more like a piece of installation art than a real house. The main character, who hardly appears on screen, is the son, a man in his thirties. Suffering from asthma and eczema since childhood, he uses his condition to manipulate his parents and his sister. Thus the existence of the terrorized family turns into an endless ritual of attempting to satisfy his whims, and always on the alert for yet another one of his “health crises”. Las Meninas resembles the scattered pieces of a puzzle. It is up to the viewer to assemble them in order to form his very own picture – something that makes the film itself personal and unique.
What is Las Meninas about?
This film is about what the routine of everyday life can do to the human mind and psyche. It also reflects on the importance of the choices we make and how limited these choices are in the first place. The plot evolves around a family of four. They live in the suburbs, in a strange villa that appears, through a complex game of mirrors, to be more like a piece of installation art than a real house. The main character, who hardly appears on screen, is the son, a man in his thirties. Suffering from asthma and eczema since childhood, he uses his condition to manipulate his parents and his sister. Thus the existence of the terrorized family turns into an endless ritual of attempting to satisfy his whims, and always on the alert for yet another one of his “health crises”. Las Meninas resembles the scattered pieces of a puzzle. It is up to the viewer to assemble them in order to form his very own picture – something that makes the film itself personal and unique. Las Meninas is a Drama movie, released on 2009-10-05, runtime 99 minutes.
Is Las Meninas worth watching?
TMDB users rate Las Meninas 5.2 out of 10 from 10 ratings. Reviews are mixed.
Where can I watch Las Meninas?
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Directed by
Ihor Podolchak
Cast
- Mykola Veresen as Father
- Liubov Tymoshevska as Mother
- Hanna Yarovenko as Daughter
- Dmytro Chernyavsky as Son
- Ilona Arsentieva as Young Daughter
- Stas Arsentiev as Young Son
- Valeriya Ulyanchenko as Young Mother 1
- Viktoriya Ulyanchenko as Young Mother 2
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Sources
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