Ano Una

Over the course of a year, director Jonas Cuaron (part of the growing Cuaron empire) took a series of still pictures which he then put together to make a film.

Not a slide-show, but a film, its tale told in voiceover. The story involves a 14-year-old Mexican boy named Diego (Diego Catano, Cuaron's half-brother) who meets an American college student named Molly (Eireann Harper, Cuaron's girlfriend) who is visiting his country on an exchange.

Molly spends a term in Mexico City, then heads back to New York and embarks upon a romance with one of her professors before returning to Mexico where she lodges with Diego's family.

Meanwhile Diego is grappling with an almighty crush on his cousin and the slow death of his grandfather. He and Molly spend a day at the beach together and, in the spring, a day in Gotham, when the flicker of what might have been brings a sweet, melancholy light to proceedings. Gorgeously shot, this is a funny, poignant and richly toned movie. ·