The Other Lamb (2019)

Selah was born into a cult of women led by a single male "sheperd" and is beginning to feel growing doubts about everything she has known her whole life.

'The Other Lamb' is an artistic drama that gives life to a powerful metaphor about the oppression caused by patriarchal society on the female spirit. The film is well made, visually impressive, with wide photographic frames, but also very challenging and not for sensitive eyes, and the main heroine is played with care and much art by the young Raffey Cassidy. However, in spite of all that and its similarities to the older The Witch, this film would have worked better and more efficiently as a short.

Director:  Malgorzata Szumowska    

With: Raffey Cassidy, Michiel Huisman, Denise Gough, Ailbhe Cowley

Rating: 7/10

El hoyo / The Platform (2019)

In a prison-like building, a kind of social experiment takes place in which a platform with the only food available for the day goes around vertically, allowing the occupants to eat in the order of their floors.

A social commentary film, raw and heartbreaking, without a more concrete solution than just the hope that lies with the next generation. It credibly presents an explicit metaphor of the current world situation where those who have a lot also use too much and very little remains to reach those who have too little anyway. Moreover, it shows that a lot of the components that perpetuate this evil do not do this consciously, as the parties work independently, without a clear vision over the big picture, because ignorance gives them an excuse under which they hide more or less voluntarily. Human nature is cruel and not all evil is born evil.

Directed by: Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia

With: Ivan Massagué, Zorion Eguileor, Antonia San Juan, Emilio Buale

Rating: 8/10