Don't Look Down is movie in Spanish that takes place in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It deals with the links between life, death and sexuality with no attempt to create controversy or to arouse in the usual sense, but rather to create an atmosphere of magical, dreamy bliss. I found that Don't Look Down can be seen on different levels. What is the storyline?
Eloy (Leandro Stivelman) has become a sleepwalker after the death of his father. When sleepwalking one night, Eloy falls through a window into the bed of a beautiful woman, Elvira (Antonella Costa). He soon finds out that both Elvira and her mother Celia (Maria Elena Ruaz) are spiritual teachers. Ana reads auras and Elvira is an expert on tantric sex and the Kama Sutra. Through spending his afternoons with Elvira, Eloy discovers the confluence of sexuality and mysticism and, in his goal of thrusting 81 times without ejaculation, finds that he can travel out of his body, manifesting in Venice, Paris, and Barcelona among other destinations.
As you can see this is not for most Puritanical Americans, but I thought that it was a decent movie that tackles a very controversial topic. I recommend this movie.
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