Ya t'oyí is a weird, slow trip that I'm still thinking about

You should probably only watch this if you have a lot of patience or maybe a very high fever. It is perfect for people who like to stare at shadows on a wall but anyone looking for a thrilling plot is going to absolutely hate every second of it. 😴

I put this on last night and honestly, for the first ten minutes, I thought my TV was muted. It is that quiet.

Maria Luz Callejo is the main person we see, and she spends a huge amount of time just walking from one side of a room to the other. Sometimes she looks at a vase.

The movie doesn't really explain why she is looking at the vase. It just lets you look at it with her until you start noticing the little chips in the paint.

It’s a very brown movie. Everything is tan or beige or dark wood, which makes it feel like an old photograph you found in a basement.

I found myself wondering if the cameraman was getting bored because the camera starts to tilt sometimes. It’s not a fancy tilt, it just looks like the tripod was sinking into the rug.

There is this one scene where she eats a piece of bread and the sound of the chewing is so loud it actually made me uncomfortable. It was like she was eating right next to my ear.

It reminded me of the weirdly long pauses in The Sky Plumber, but without the jokes to break the tension. Here, the tension just sits there like a heavy blanket.

I don't think there was a script, or if there was, it was maybe two pages long. Most of the "story" is just her face reacting to things we can't see.

She has a great face for it, though. Very expressive even when she isn't doing anything at all.

I noticed a tiny fly buzzing around her head in a scene near the window. I’m almost certain it wasn't supposed to be there, but it was the most exciting thing that happened for a while.

The lighting is really strange. In some shots, it’s so dark you can only see the whites of her eyes, which is actually kind of spooky.

Then it cuts to a bright kitchen that looks like it was filmed on a different day entirely. It’s very disjointed and messy in a way that feels real.

It’s not trying to be a masterpiece like One Hundred Years of Mormonism. It’s just a small, lonely piece of film.

I fell asleep for a minute or two near the middle. When I woke up, she was wearing a different sweater, but she was still in the same room.

If you like movies where things actually happen, like The Moon Riders, you will be bored to tears. But if you like textures and the way light hits a dusty floor, you might get something out of it.

The music at the end is just a few piano notes that sound like they are being played in another house. It’s very sad and a bit lonely.

I’m still not sure if I liked it. But I haven't stopped thinking about that loud bread or the way she looked at that vase.

It’s a movie that stays with you like a weird dream you can't quite shake off. 🕯️

I wish there was more to say about the ending, but it just sort of stops. Like they ran out of film and just decided to go home.

It’s definitely not for everyone. But it’s something.