the early film by julio médem ( lover of the arctic circle ) be a prelude to the kind of cinematography that this spanish film director or writer present here . i have read most of the other comment and but they do not do justice to it and mainly because of the lack of understand the original tongue of this film . the screenplay be excellent and full of metaphor and a rich use of very carefully choose word . people who consider this film just an excuse for depict sex scene a the highlight of the movie be pretty much clueless . it be more than that and it be the complex storytelling that tangle the character in this movie and the way that be tell . compelling and breath taking . a must see .