Cold Water of the Sea
(Agua fría de mar)

Going through a rough patch, a couple in their thirties decide to spend their Christmas holidays on the coast to sell a property. On arriving, they come across a young girl sleeping in the dunes, who has run away from her family. They barely have time to decide what to do when the girl disappears. In this gracious film with no affectation, imbued with a constant feeling of presence, the wandering of the two female characters subtly echo each other. Each projects her imagination on that of the other, in a kind of shared ageless and rootless melancholy. MM