I saw this new Argentinian film, Plan B, by Marco Berger a week ago and I loved it. I watched in the soothing and intimate darkness of my room.
It has become one of my favourite films ever. The acting was perfect, the love story tender and fun, and the sexual tension between the two main characters was just right.
But the filming, oh the filming, it was just like an abstract painting made real, with concrete blocks literally coming out of the ground. You don't see Buenos Aires, you just feel it, and that's what's so special about this film.
So today I decided to write to the Director, just like that, and here is the e-mail I wrote:
"Dear Marco Berger,
I do hope you get to read this e-mail. There's not much to it; simply to say how much I loved your film, Plan B. I saw it a week ago and it still reverberates.
I particularly liked the fact that you don't see Buenos Aires, you just feel it in the distance, you can almost smell it. I liked the photography too and those "blocks of concrete" that come up unexpectedly in between scenes. Those buildings, caught in midair between ugly and sublime, almost moved me to tears (weird, isn't it?).
The love story was fun and tender, and the sexual tension between the two main characters was just right. And it is so hard to resist to a happy-ending...
I'm looking forward to your next film."
