What little bit of hope to be found in this comes at the very end, if one can stay with it.Ī stark, haunting character study about a young provencal women named Laura, played by Monica del Carmen in a beautiful observed performance, she is tragically believable and surely delivers one of the finest female turns of this year. The film is relentless in drawing one into the twisted world these two inhabit. It asks the viewer to plumb the depths of one's soul to try to understand the motives at play.

It is dark, and delves into some truly disturbing images that one is reluctant at times to watch. This is not an easy film that could be called light entertainment. One only knows it is somehow tied to Leap Day, which she has marked on her calendar. Laura is a woman who carries a lot of pain, and the reasons for her self-degradation are not readily apparent. One of those trysts, with Arturo (Gustavo Sanchez Parro), becomes a twisted, macabre dance. Although not blessed with a svelte body or wildly beautiful good looks, she does alright in getting men to come back to her apartment.

Laura (Monica del Carmen) works as a freelance journalist. A deeply disturbing film, of a woman who allows an abusive man to brutalize her for reasons that only become clear to the viewer as the story unfolds.

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