Don't Look Down
AKA: No mires para abajo
Argentina, France  2008, 90 min

A young man is introduced to the almost hallucinatory joys of sex after he meets a gorgeous older woman in this explicit but innocent coming-of-age romp from Argentina.

One will be hard pressed to find a more joyously romantic film than this hyperkinetic tale of an odd young man who finds happiness and out-of-body experiences during sex with an older woman. Twenty-something Eloy (Leandro Stivelman) — with wide, childlike eyes — is a carefree stilt-walker by day and sleepwalker at night. When he literally crashes through a skylight and into the bedroom of Elvira, she and her mother believe he came into their lives for a reason. The gorgeous, wise-beyond-her-years Elvira, a practitioner of tantric sex, initiates the naïve but more than willing Eloy into the wonderment and pleasures of sexual activities — bringing both of them joy and relief so complete that Eloy leaves his body and travels through space and time. When the woman plans to return to her native Spain, Eloy faces the dilemma of his young life. The Summer of '42 (remember that classic, baby boomers?) meets Y tu mamá también with this erotic romp that, despite being sexually explicit, remains a fun and refreshingly exciting experience — naked bodies have never been so innocently exposed. (Spanish with English subtitles) -- Raymond Murray

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Director: Eliseo Subiela
Cast: Hugo Arana, Antonella Costa, Mónica Galán, Leandro Stivelman
Screenwriter(s): Eliseo Subiela
Producer(s): Daniel Pensa
Cinematographer: Sol Lopatin
Editor(s): Marcela Sáenz
Eliseo Subiela's Filmography: [Selected] El Resultado del amor (2007); Lifting de corazón (2005); El Destino de Angélica (2002); Pequeños milagros (Little Miracles) (1997); Despabílate amor (Wake Up Love) (1996); El Lado oscuro del corazón (1992); Hombre mirando al sudeste (Man Looking Southeast) (1986)