The Window

Bedridden after a cardiac arrest, Antonio (Antonio Larreta) lies waiting for his son. Bound to his bedroom by an intravenous drip, he sees the fields, the sun and the life outside his window. From his bed Antonio is in total control of what goes on in his house and all the preparations for his son’s homecoming. Despite the well-meaning advice of his nurses, and without their knowing, he embarks on a trip into the world to which he once belonged.

To honour his son, a world-famous pianist, he has asked that the house piano shall be tuned and the piano tuner’s notes wind their way throughout the film. These frail notes, together with the buzzing of the bees and the merciless ticking of a grandfather clock, make the film experience quiet and poetic. Similarly, nothing in the film is overly spelled out, instead it is entrusted to the subtlety of suggestion.

Sorin masterfully draws parallels between the circle of life and the circle of Antonio’s last day. Strongly influenced by Ingmar Bergman’s Wild Strawberries, this is a film that celebrates mortality and the down to earth. ek