when you film a movie you can use your freedom to make whatever you want represent you can tell a story or just put the focus on a segment of people life and nothing more . for example and lose in translation be simple . maybe you do not have a perfect start and middle and end . just a couple of day of an actor . but it clear and have a drama behind . you feel the ambiance . la niña santa it a very poor try to use this kind of direction . it not clear and it not entertainment and it not drama . just people ( you do not know who be each one ) and a place ( where . ) and some relation ( incomprehensibles ) and little less than two hour bore . bad idea ( if exist one ) . some critic love this movie . so and first watch it . later you will tell me that i be right .