Bonsai

This is a story about love, but this is not a love story. A quirky and sarcastic dark comedy, BONSÃ�I documents the life and death of the love shared between Emilia and Julio. Divided into chapters, this film non-linearly goes back and forth between the present and eight years prior, when the two first met. A credulous, naïve young couple, Emilia and Julio cross paths in college and instantly embark on a passionate journey of literature and sex. Fast-forward to eight years later where we follow a broken, semi-single Julio as he begins writing the story of their relationship, deceptively under the name of a famous author. The reasoning for their parting remains unexplained through most of the film. However, the parting itself creates a lingering feeling of doubt and anticipation as we watch the two fall deeper in love. An adaptation of Alejandro Zambra's acclaimed novella of the same title, BONSÃ�I metaphorically reflects on Proust's Remembrance of Things Past to chronicle the fated story of two young lovers. (In Spanish with subtitles) – M.M.