Real or imagination, people have asked...

Surreal? Yes, I can believe that, but for reasons probably running in a different direction from many other viewers of the film. You have to remember that the country has a strong Roman Catholic background and some of the more apocryphal beliefs or superstitions, if you will, especially regarding All Soul's, don't die easily. It's actually mentioned in the movie itself, what happens on that night. Or can.

It's also no accident who our protagonist is and what he is, not so much the hustler but a drug dealer, a young man living on the streets, no true ties, moving around with an ever-present smile on his face, full of charm and youth; it's noticeable that wherever he goes, no one can keep their eyes off him.

Yet for all his carelessness of humanity?, the real world?, he's still an intelligent, kind and giving young man, who treats his 'neighbors' with respect. I believed in his goodness.

He's thoughtless, thoughtless in the literal sense of the word and it's time for him to think. And as the film unfolds we begin to see there's a great deal buried underneath the charm and his dancing in the streets. Perhaps, even a past?

So the marriage of who he is becoming, good and not so, along with the triggers of the night of All Soul's, along with his almost being fatal accident, begin to bring out all his ghosts, real or imagined, real and metaphorical. These are not memories being relived. He's actually interacting with Mario and Cecilia. He hasn't seen her since he left home and when he first sees Mario, he asks him, Where have you been all this time?

My feeling is that if you view the film as both supernatural and metaphorical, you decide the percentage of each, you'll get a chill. Those who have been less than satisfied with the work complaining of no plot and even boring, might want to take a second look.

I see the film as perfect. In look, in the performance of it's Victor and the amazing talent of its director, writer.

It's become a cliche, this phrase, but how often these days, do we experience art that works on more than one level.

I saw this film for the first time last night on here! On Demand and this morning ordered my copy from Amazon.

I'm sure there are people out there who can tell my story with more eloquence and reach even more deeply into the film, but I hope what I've said will at least move more people not to miss the experience of Ronda Nocturna.

Frederick Schrader