The third and final movie of the “Through My Window” trilogy is titled “Through My Window: Looking at You,” and it follows Raquel (Clara Galle) and Ares Hidalgo (Julio Peña) as they struggle through the aftermath of Yoshi’s death, who was one of Raquel’s best friends. The Spanish Netflix drama based on a novel by Ariana Godoy originally published on Wattpad ends with all of their back-and-forth story. Coming out on Feb. 23, director Marçal Forès makes an attempt at creating an emotional drama and hot romance which would happen in Spain when night falls and its clubs open but only produces dialogues lacking depth and weak points in the plot.
The film picks up from where Raquel and Ares broke up after exchanging harsh words at Yoshi’s funeral in the last movie, “Through My Window: Across the Sea.” However, even though Raquel is now dating his writer friend Gregory (Ivan Lapadula) while Ares has Vera (Andrea Chaparro) as his girlfriend from medical school, they can’t help themselves about one another; thus leading to more infidelities, lies and poor communication between them. This leads to another sequel for her new book that sees her recounting her love story with Ares again after being asked questions about a new book she is writing. Ares also deals with similar parental pressure to meet Hidalgo family expectations in relationships or career choices he makes. As Ares overthrows these familial expectations in order to be with Raquel, an accidental drugging of him along with Anna before he died makes both end up at the hospital. Therefore, after some time Afterward, Forès finally jumped ahead to a future where we find Ares And Raquel starting afresh.
Although several other characters had happy endings too according to Forès in this movie, there were huge gaps in the story and several unanswered or poorly concluded plot lines all of which contributed to a less than satisfying movie.
A huge plot hole became evident right from the beginning of this film when it came to the relationship between Artemis (Eric Masip), the older Hidalgo brother, and Claudia (Emilia Lazo) a maid working for the Hidalgo’s. In “Through My Window: Across the Sea”, they were having an unhealthy relationship that was characterized by power imbalances and disrespect. On the contrary, within this movie both of them appear much more in love with one another than ever before due to Claudia carrying their child. Similarly, financial matters plus family dynamics are briefly brought up but not fully dealt with leaving many people with questions as regards how these two ended up together.
Moreover, Anna’s initial wrath towards Raquel was unfounded, especially since she somehow linked Raquel and Ares’ relationships to Yoshi’s death. Although Anna’s grief is understandable, it was not necessary for her to drug Raquel at the book publishing party because it would not have served any purpose. Just a way of repeating that plot where the audience goes through Ares’ chlorine allergy live once again through overdosing. It seems Forès may have tried to link the three films together with Ares as a hero but this strand fails in a big way.
Spanish techno pop music, modern rock and funk are some of the genres used throughout this film to create an atmosphere of love longing and teenage revelry. Nonetheless, the exciting soundtrack could not make their acting more substantial or stronger relations between characters. In addition to that, funky music at the beginning of the movie suggests teen romance only for it to disappear as one watches further on.
Further on regarding actors’ Julio Peña looked fake in his emotionally heavy lines and his facial expressions were out of place when they were supposed to invoke empathy from viewers. The same can be said about Clara Galle who poorly represents Raquel’s internal conflict.
The film seemed so rushed that at least had a reasonable ending for Raquel and Ares’ tale. With regard to misguided plotlines and forgotten arguments amongst these individuals all inquires concerning them can be pacified by dressing up Ares with rugged beard and glasses while giving Raquel blonde hair extensions.
Conclusion: “Through My Window: Looking at You” does not provide a satisfying love interest worth fighting for using complicated storylines to introduce unneeded drama into all relationships portrayed within the film itself thereby producing toxicity felt during each scene in which two people speak together.
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