Gefühle, die man sieht… – Things you can tell (2000)

Gefühle, die man sieht… – Things you can tell: Directed by Rodrigo García. With Glenn Close, Cameron Diaz, Calista Flockhart, Kathy Baker. Five California women struggle with personal problems as their own paths unwind in unexpected ways.

“The greatest virtue of this movie resides in the close look the camera focuses on stories and characters. Slowly but relentlessly, humorous and cruel at the same time, it allows the time needed for seven wonderful actresses to reveal their most intimate and contradictory feelings, without relying exclusively on the dialogue. Thus, the stories really turn to be things you can tell about these women by just looking (attentively) at them.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAnd isnu0026#39;t watching carefully what a movie is about?u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe result of this very u0026quot;objectiveu0026quot; look is the healthy absence of a moral, a trap writers tend to fall into when dealing with lesbian love, mortal diseases, abortion, loneliness, egotism, discrimination, etc.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItu0026#39;s been labeled by some as a u0026quot;feministu0026quot; film, another often mistaken category into which films with women protagonists fall into. I believe itu0026#39;s far from being such. It should appeal to both sensitive and sensible men and women.”