The 'Colossal' helmer's latest revolves around a heartbroken man who joins a trial drug program that reunites him with his deceased girlfriend in his dreams.
, falls into a deep depression. Grief fogs daily life — slowing time and muting once pleasurable activities. Piles of clothes and dirty dishes precariously stacked on kitchen surfaces measure his uneven motivation. The atmosphere is bleak and Nicolas, a DJ living in Madrid, feels trapped. So when the chance to find relief from his punishing memories presents itself, he is intrigued. .
The story kicks off with a memory. We hear the disembodied voices of Nicolas and Daniela contesting, as lovers do, the details of their first encounter. She was on the dance floor watching him, the DJ at an underground club, as he worked. Did he notice her? Of course, he says. No, she counters. A mutual friend sealed the deal by formally introducing them later at a house party. But wait, Nicolas interrupts. The details are off.
Vigalondo’s screenplay breezes through how Nicolas learns of this secret drug program and how he becomes a rogue patient. The researchers tell him that he must read specific prompts, written to conjure certain memories, before taking the pill. But after he spills water on one of the notecards, rendering it unreadable, Nicolas thinks about Daniela and finds himself preferring that dreamscape. To hide his actions, he lies during his daily interviews with the scientists.
The same is true of Grannò’s Daniela, who at one point seems to possess a consciousness of her own like Samantha in Spike Jonze’s. Her character — a digital artist battling her own depression — comes off as confusing when considered within the film’s own logic. From what we know about dreams, they are constructed of experiences we have lived, rarely ones we haven’t. is a puzzling film that seems insecure in its own resolution.
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