LO INVISIBLE
A film by Javier Andrade
(Ecuador/France, 2021, 84 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
“Filmmaker Javier Andrade (The Porcelain Horse) teams with co-writer and star Anahí Hoeneisen (Black Hole) to craft this taut psychological thriller about a woman recovering from severe postpartum depression while trying to maintain the veneer of perfection demanded by her privileged social circle and family. When Luisa (Hoeneisen, in a startling performance) returns from a month spent in a psychiatric clinic after being accused of trying to harm her newborn baby, she goes through the motions of returning to her former life. The sleek modernist mansion where she lives with her husband, new baby and teenage son recalls the now-infamous home in Bong Joon Ho's Parasite—the epitome of taste and affluence, but more a meticulously designed machine than a place of refuge. While Luisa continues to struggle with feelings of isolation and despair, a crew of housekeepers and nannies swirls around her keeping everything in check. As Luisa's internal turmoil intensifies, Andrade and Hoeneisen slowly build the tension to a boiling point, all while those around her fail to notice—willfully, or otherwise—that her carefully constructed world is unravelling.” —AFI Latin American Film Festival
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