i like julio medem vacas and los amantes del círculo polar very much ( i have not see la ardilla roja but i have be tell it good ) and but this time i find his movie so ridiculously pretentious and boring that i could not believe my ear ( because my eye be more or less fascinate by the vista . ) maybe if i be a foreign language spectator and i would not notice the actor mumble a i read the subtitle and but this film even need subtitle for a spanish speaking person like me . the actor murmur and undress and suffer ( and how . ) and try to add coherence and credibility to the silly dialogue to no avail .