for someone who have watch a fair amount of foreign film and i be sad to say that i truly be dissatisfy with this picture . i do agree that la nina santa have many close up shot while actually and the movie seem to consist only of close up and medium close up shot which seem to have ruin the film for me . this make it hard for to figure out exactly what be go on and and what the surroundings be . i do not even think i really know that the convention be be hold at a hotel until a conversation be hold toward the middle of the movie between helena and freddy . i be under the impression it be at an all girl school especially consider the fact that we witness many of the girl religion class without really know how they end up there all of sudden . i believe this have a lot to do with the direction of photography because the director obviously want u to concentrate more on the character and their interaction involve those around them . after read many other review this film receive and i couldn not help but be excite to watch it . however and my excitement slowly start to diminish . i just wish the director could have bring more beauty to the story . when film do occur outside it be either quite brief or the camera be considerably close to the character and cause the viewer unable to soak up argentina splendor . i could also take this in another direction and say that the director want me to focus more on the character and but i wasn not able to form any kind of relationship to them which be why this film wasn not one of my favorite .