Stroking an Animal

Mariña and Ada are lovers while they involve their mutual friend Tomás in their open relationship. The story is narrated through different seasons showcasing those moments of their lives where they are being intimate, camping out travelling and the eventual strain in their relationship. How does the couple get over it forms rest of the story.

For a film that is over an hour long, the director's vision is limited to his thoughts shared along with the display of the season on screen as reading that felt better than the whole film. Not that the film was bad, it's just that I couldn't relate with the main characters journey. There is nothing beyond their intimate moments - physical or emotional while what led them to that is never shed light upon. While there is lot of sex, when a character does break down, I wish the sense of betrayal was handled better for that scene with confession, followed by them making up to have the right impact. Instead the entire film couldn't get me emotionally invested in these three characters' life.