Caresses

REVIEW
Fasten your seatbelts for this visually torrid tour through the streets of Barcelona and into the violently emotional world of its love-starved inhabitants. Director Pons proves to be a daring and original filmmaker as he weaves several seemingly unconnected stories into a complex tapestry of people trapped by their sexual desires and who find their passions both ignited and muted – all in an effort for some kind of human tenderness. The stories begin with a husband and wife’s violent style of dinner preparation. Other stories include an older woman who tries to talk to her long estranged and now homeless brother who is still angry that she and his wife became lovers. It then follows an angry teenage boy who longs for an intimate relationship with his father and looks at a scene where an older man tries to stay young through the oral sexual services of a young male hustler. The cutting is rapid, the images glossy, and the issues lurid and controversial. A drama of human detachment that will excite and mesmerize the viewer. (Catalan with English subtitles)