More likely, it will be viewed as a poetic (not in the literal sense) meditation on life and love and the mistakes we make in both, with books being the leitmotif to connect both timelines beyond Julio. Well, that’s saved us 91 minutes then – or has it? An adaptation of a novella by Chilean poet Alejandro Zambra, Bonsai is an unabashedly literary work that is sort of about literature in how it plays into the lives of the main characters. “In the end, Emilia dies and Julio does not die.” says the voice over at the start of Bonsai. I don’t think I have ever seen a film that opens with a spoiler about the ending. To keep up the illusion, Julio writes the novel as he thinks Gazmuri would have, using his own personal experiences with Emilia as the basis of the plot, getting Blanca to help him with the transcription, hoping the story will win her over. Julio doesn’t get the job but wants to impress his girlfriend Blanca (Trinidad Gonzalez) so he pretends he is working for Gazmuri. Eight years later, Julio is still a struggling writer until he meets noted author Gazmuri (Hugo Medina), who needs someone to type up his handwritten manuscripts of his latest novel Bonsai. It is via this passion that Julio meets Emilia (Nathalia Galgani) while both are students, leading to a steamy relationship. Told across two different timelines, the story revolves around Julio (Diego Noguera), an aspirating writer but an unproductive one despite a voracious literary interest. But how far should one be prepared to go in order to keep up the pretence before it gets too out of hand? And at what cost? Cristián JiménezĪ relationship built on deceit is surely doomed to fail yet people can’t help themselves in spinning the odd white lie to win over the object of their desire.
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