There are only two actors in this film, bringing a tense and meaningful play to the screen. The B&W film adds a sense of drama to an already dramatic tale of a man who, while attending to the affairs of his dead father, finds a locked case containing love letters from another man.

Tracking down and visiting the man, he searches for some truths about his distant and dispassionate father. The theatrical settings for both the father and the other man seem allegorical, and reveal much about both characters.

There is a good deal of cat and mouse play going on between the son and the author of the love letters, but the film gets to the heart of the matter, revealing a truth about the father that is somewhat of a gift to the young man. At least, a gift that the older man is hoping to impart about life.

My only complaint about the film, being an English speaker, is that I had to rely on subtitles, some of which seemed to come and go rather quickly. I would have liked to savor the dialog - particularly the words of Juan, the older man - and watch the faces more carefully. With just two characters, much of the acting is centered on facial expressions.

Kitty Mánver, a woman plays the older man, and does an excellent, sensitive job of it. Dani Muriel does a nice job playing the younger man.

The unfolding of the story is very skillfully done, and the sets work so well in helping to describe the people involved in the story.

A sensitive and thought provoking film.

It's a shame the Hispanic culture is eternally fearful of homosexuality. I'm not sure whether it's the infectious Catholicism or macho ideal that has brought this about but it's in their DNA to the bone. I've been out as a gay man all my life really but 'officially' since my early 20s in the 1960s/70s. Surely I'm a contemporary of the elder character in this film. He is truly sad but wise enough to realize it's of his own doing. He 'set the stage' for life of despair and regret.

It would have had much more of an impact if they had had the courage to use a male actor to portray a gay male character. Although the actress is very good, her latent physical femininity, features, movements and voice ruin the effect. She is a drag queen in reverse. The end result is one of less impact--a real weakness. In my own life I've known many gay men of these Med. Cultures (Spanish, Italian, Black, Greek, etc.) and they all have mother complexes, daddy issues and keep some part of their lives closeted always. This leaves them living unauthentic lives that deprive everyone of genuine connection with them. Sad.