This is one of those movies where the main character isn’t the one I cared about the most. Ramón is someone who inspires rather that someone to be pitied. I really admire how aware he is of everything that he wants - most people never reach such clearness of desires. Everything about him is very simple, very obvious, and very clearly stated from the very beginning of the movie - “I want to die.” Period.
The characters which moved me more were rather the characters of his family members and of his lawyer Julia. They too were very honest about Ramon’s situation and about their own situation as the people who have the responsibility to take care of him. I just loved how neatly the characters of his nephew and his father were developed. They were not in the middle of the action; they rather lurred somewhere in the periphery, but in a way the whole weight of Ramon’s cafe fell on their shoulders because they were the most emotionally attached to him.
It is a real challenge to write a review on this piece because I too reacted very emotionally to it. It made me laugh hard and cry even harder. I can’t say it’s some phylosophycal movie which contains all the answers about life and death; on the contrary, Ramon himself says that what happens to him does not necessarily have to apply to all the people in his condition - it is his case only, his life, and his choice. But somewhere on the way I couldn’t help it but wonder: is he really right? What is life: a right or an obligation?
You’re given the two examples - the person who can’t put up with his condition any longer and decides to commit a suicide, and the other who’s afraid of her sickness but is too frightened to take the step and get it all over with. You have the examples right in front of you. And even if you’ve never ever thought about this in your entire life, at least for a moment you’ll wonder - in this situation where there is no good and happy scenario, which is the least painful, and hurtful thing to do?
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