''Don't Look Down'' () is a

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written and directed by Eliseo Subiela and starring

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and Leandro Stivelman. The allegorical story portrays a young man in mourning who takes to sleep-walking, falls into a girl’s bed through her skylight, and accepts her literally transporting lessons in intimacy.

Plot summary

19-year-old Eloy works with his parents in the family business, assigning tombstones and ornamental figures at burials in the city cemetery. After his father's death Eloy is suddenly forced to grow up quickly in a world he finds hostile and alien. One day he meets Elvira, a young Andalusian girl, who introduces him to sexual practices that will lead him to uncover unknown areas of his spirit and reality. Elvira invites Eloy to become her lover and teaches him

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, first helping Eloy to discover bliss and eventually to grow as a person.

Cast

as Elvira * Leandro Stivelman as Eloy *

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as Padre de Eloy * Mónica Galán as Ana

Reception

Dan Fainaru of ''

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'' wrote that "Most audiences will probably go along for the ride mainly for the piquant stuff on the menu, though they are ultimately bound to be as sceptical about the higher concepts of it all as Eloy's brother is when he's told about the 'magical' experiences of his sibling."

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* {{IMDb title, id=1233487 2008 films 2000s Spanish-language films 2000s fantasy drama films Argentine fantasy drama films 2000 drama films 2000 films 2000s Argentine films 2010s Argentine films