In The City Of Sylvia 2007 Review

: The film features only about 100–200 words across its 84-minute runtime, with the most significant dialogue occurring during a pivotal, 20-minute tram sequence.

Guerín, a Spanish director obsessed with the porosity of fiction and reality, constructs the film as a loop. The opening frames find Élie in a quiet bar, obsessively sketching the faces of women in a notebook. He is not an artist; he is an archivist of possibilities. When he spots a woman in a red dress who might— might —be Sylvia, the hunt begins. in the city of sylvia 2007

Guerín plays a masterful trick. For the first half, we assume the camera is Éllir’s point of view. But then, Guerín pulls back. We see Éllir from behind. Then we see him as just another figure in a crowd. Whose eyes are we seeing through? The film answers: Everyone’s and no one’s . The city itself is the observer. : The film features only about 100–200 words

: The 84-minute film contains only about 3-4 lines of dialogue until a central 8-minute conversation midway through. He is not an artist; he is an archivist of possibilities