Verbo (2011)

Verbo: Directed by Eduardo Chapero-Jackson. With Alba García, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Verónica Echegui, Víctor Clavijo. A 15-year-old, Sara, lives with an apparently normal suburban family. She develops a sixth sense and begins to perceive a series of disturbing messages and clues, which prompt her to enter a dangerous and frightening dimension in order to save a life. In the course of this adventure to a dark parallel universe, Sara must change the world.

“This is a noteworthy film. The movie is more complex and rich that you can think just by a shallow or quick consideration. This film calls for meditation and careful consideration. It is not only a reflection on the teenage struggle for identity. It is also a serious declaration about the vacuity of contemporary society, and how urban culture is in many occasions the ultimate refuge to look for spiritual feed and support. It is not a pretentious film, rather it is a sincere one.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eGraffiti and hip-hop are not simple hobbies, the film tells us, but – as a cultural expression – they constitute an emanation of the human soul trying to make their way from the depths of this diminished world to the arena of the peopleu0026#39;s consciousness. This idea is used in the image system of the film when one sees graffiti extending on the city walls coming from the soil. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe use of animation with a Japanese look in some sequences of the film is really beautiful and coherent with the overall work. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe acting of the lead actress Alba Garcia is well done and fits in the structure of the film.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe directing is both creative and effective. I hope this filmmaker can make his way to get his second feature done in a near future. More films like this are needed.”