Two Monks Reviews

Rara, grave, expresionista en decorados y cuadros (algunos inclinados), drama de miradas pues los actores son pausados y declamativos (Emma Roldán que gran secundaria es); todo se resume en el aún más irreal convento

Curious and interesting Mexican movie. Surprising since the first images strong expressionist influence, recognized by its director Bustillo Oro's decorated with huge windows facing upwards or a carillon clock with a pendulum endless undulating shape are some good examples of this artistic, but not unique. The lighting also has much to contribute in this regard. The combination of light and shadow or chiaroscuro also very effectively enhance this effect expressionist.

As for the story, is a clear example of themed melodrama almost exclusively on two stages, a convent and home address of one of the protagonists. The film's weakest is in the dialogue between the lovers, too smug, cutesy to cloying.

André Breton, the father of Surrealism, in its passage through Mexico praised this movie as "an experiment bold and unusual".