I don't know if there's much I want to say about this film - because there would be TOO MUCH to say about it, and I wouldn't want to ruin the surprise of this encounter -, apart from a huge thank you to Raul Ruiz. MYSTERIES OF LISBON is a wonder. A fantastic painting. A thrilling story. An OVNI in today's cinema. Four hours and a half of enigma, vengeance, love, history, stolen identities. Ruiz's camera movements unveil the plans, characters and sets very slowly, very cleverly, as if the story was written and read seconds after seconds by the audience. There's only one advice I would give: run and see it if you get a chance, because you will probably never discover something that unique soon.
MJ.
