El Aura (2005)

6/10

Nicely shot but dragging.

Plot: A deluded taxidermist plans the perfect crime.

El Aura is like a slow moving train. You stand at the station watching the clouds, the trees, the birds and the people. In the distance you can see the train but it never seems to come.

The movie is just like that. There's built up anticipation but the story ever so slowly makes its way. As the story moves I began to see it was not at all how I had initially thought it would be. The entire idea of the main character planning a crime was more just him having a good memory. The crime fell into his lap accidentally and he decided to follow it. Not so thrilling.

The dog is the most interesting part because, like the main character, we never find out his name.

The colour treatment made the film very cold, which matched the main character very well. The film frees gory and gruesome but in reality you don't actually see much of it. Rather we are shown imageries and hints towards the idea that certain events happened.

Overall, a slow slow slow film with a very interesting look at a man who is left with his own memory.