10/10/2023 0 Comments Folx review hrt![]() ![]() In terms of the title, Ely is indeed invisible to a state which - on the evidence of the radio and TV programs that make for a kind of soundtrack - is more interested in the austerity economy than in the lives of its citizens: Although Invisible is indeed about the moral complexities of abortion, it’s also about more than that. In Invisible, even the sound of a child crying on a bus is freighted with meaning, Giorgelli seeking to be the kind of filmmaker on whom nothing is lost. This gives the film a rare rigor, focus and intensity which goes a long way to making up for its occasional longueurs.įor example, helping nurse a wounded dog back to health (one surreal scene, the film’s single concession to comedy, has her pulling the poor but feisty pooch along with little wheels attached to its legs) enables Ely to make contact with the maternal instinct inside her. That might not sound like much of a premise on which to base a script, but slowly, the viewer starts to realize that practically every scene has some bearing on Ely’s attitude to her pregnancy, and that behind her apparently passive appearance, a moral storm rages. ![]() But although Lorena and her boyfriend assume that she won’t want the child, deep down Ely isn’t so sure.Įffectively, Invisible is a slow and painstakingly worked-out exploration of the shift that takes place inside Ely about whether or not she wishes to have the baby. Without support of any kind apart from that of a single friend, Lorena ( Agustina Fernandez), who’s as clueless as she is about what to do, Ely goes off in search of prescription drugs without a prescription, entering that dangerous zone where the birth of a human being can be decided on the cold handover of a wad of cash. She automatically decides not to have the baby, which, since abortion is illegal in Argentina, is where things get interesting. If things aren’t bad enough already - less Juno than 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Invisible could be accused by the uncharitably minded of being misery porn - Ely then learns that she’s pregnant. ![]()
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