with great expectation i go to see this film and spain contribution to the oscar race this year . part from be completely pointless and banal and pathetic and badly write and edit and act and direct and the movie be too long . it fail in deliver the message it try to give and fail in it storytelling and clumsy historical setting and above all in it rhythm . there be some so extreme misfire i haven not see in a movie in a long time ( the story of lucas whose dead sister life in his head and the divine revelation and all that lizard nonsense ) . the spanish speaking audience around me be yawn and rapidly lose patience and and some of the commentary i overheard be whether the member of the spanish academy have take drug before choose the film for the oscar contest .