Andrés Arconada recommends ‘Live the moment’, an atypical romantic story to start the year

We inaugurate the year with the film Live in the momentwhich closed the last San Sebastián film festival. It did so with good reviews and an excellent reception from the public. Living in the moment is part of that genre that has emerged lately in which the story being told is fragmented and does not have a classic continuity in which time and actions are linked chronologically. In this way, the story of this couple over the years will go back and forth, sometimes making it difficult to know where we are.

It is important to attend the beginning of the three initial sequences that will give us enough data to place the viewer at the moment of the story. On the one hand, we see the encounter with an accident at the beginning, the doubts about the motherhood of the protagonist and her illness that disrupts their lives. Live in the moment It is a romantic film but far from stereotypes or caricatures of characters to give reality to a story, seemingly everyday, where our couple knows how to appreciate every moment of the path their love will take. She, a prestigious chef, initially considers whether she wants to be a mother, with all that that entails. However, the love he feels for his partner will prevail and he will accept the challenge. An act that will become generosity on his part when she is diagnosed with a terrible illness.

Both of their lives will change. Dedication, courage and, above all, love in all its stages will be what marks this relationship. The power of love and the process that leads you to know the other person is what can change the course of your life leading us to make decisions that are right or wrong, but decisions that help you continue. Here comes a very important factor in the film, time, that time that we decide to take advantage of is sometimes unpredictable and, therefore, we must know how to invest it. All this, which may seem simple or complicated, makes this film something different.

Love in the face of adversity

The exploration you do is very important. Live in the moment of the power of love in the face of the most absolute adversity without ever seeking the viewer’s tears, although some of its sequences are moving and exciting. The director knows how to cut them at the right moment, something that seems brave and very necessary to a film that does not need sentimentality. The story, the truth that is reflected, is enough.

None of what I have told you so far would have been possible without its two main performers who give life to the protagonist couple: Florence Pugh y Andrew Garfield. The actress is undoubtedly one of the most outstanding promises of her generation, while Garfield, since he abandoned the tights of the Spider Man suit, has confirmed himself as one of the best young actors on the artistic scene. In short, Live the moment will appeal to all those looking for a romantic film, not at all typical as we pointed out, and that makes it very special. We can only enjoy it if we decide to go see it. Not a bad way to start the year.

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