La teta y la luna (1994)

English Title: The Tit and the Moon.
Synopsis: When his baby brother is born, 10-year-old Tete gets very jealous of her mother's milk. He views Estrellita, a fairground performer who has just arrived in town with her husband, as a substitute for his mother. Tete's teenage brother, in his turn, falls in love with Estrellita, which arouses her husband's jealousy.
Appraisal: The concept of this film is interesting, and presents a unique view of childhood. Unfortunately, the execution leaves much to be desired -- it's a film with some interesting parts that don't make a strong whole. One of the main flaws of the film is lack of subtlety -- everything is not only shown many times, but is also described with voiceover or dialogue. The development of the plot is often trite and unimaginative; also, the ending struck me as being at odds with the fact that the boy's obsession with women's tits and milk signals a regression into early childhood, rather than a progression towards adolescence and liberation from his childish fears -- except there is a possibility that this is more complex than I naively assume, and in this case what is really implied by the ending is that his regressive obsession is transmuted into sexual desire, which marks his passage into adolescence and his liberation from his childish fears (it sounds at once brilliant and far-fetched).
Rating: 41