“The ambiguous intermediate zone between the erotic and the pornographic body, a no-man’s land where going beyond ‘community standards’ risks falling into the trap of obscenity, the critical difficulty of its limits… … “The feeling is heightened when the artist’s genius creates a body that is almost pornographic in its obscene exposure, but which has an undeniable aesthetic value.”
“Think from the body. In Essays on Human Embodiment, surgeon Cristóbal Pera attacks a variety of issues at the heart of the body. One of them, in addition to being exposed to taboos, is the highly complex management of erotica and pornography, which necessarily depends on the body, perception, and ideology.
The new film It’s Always Winter follows David Trueba as he explores a minefield and falls in love with Miguel (David Verdaguer), who has just been dumped by his girlfriend during a work trip to Liège. It’s about Olga (Isabelle Renaud), a woman 30 years older than her.
It solves problems with a finely honed sensibility and delicate touch that is rare in everyday Broncos.
It was hard to imagine that Trueba would return to the path of his book, Blitz, which was published 10 years ago. As Pera asserts, it was not only an aesthetic complexity, but also an artistic reflection of what is anathema to today’s sexist and individualistic society: love and sex with older women. A man out of place in time and space finds shelter and a horizon in a woman played effectively by Renaud.
Trueba meets this challenge with fine-tuned sensibilities and delicate touches that are rare in everyday Broncos. Thanks to Trueba’s determination and guidance, we end up loving his protagonist, the unlovable fool. Trueba is loved as we love others, with effort and dedication.
When you watch “It’s Always Winter,” you hear the voices of Brassens and Battiato, but most of all, on the streets of Belgium, you hear the voices of Truffaut and Woody Allen. David Trueba never tires of highlighting painful contradictions, destroying seemingly indestructible models, and excusing human inadequacies. This beautiful film shows us ourselves with love, hope and emotions, so we will never get bored. Thank you, David.
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