so that is one strand of the story. in another strand another character is trying to excavate a mass grave in her hometown from the civil war so there are two stories. parallel mothers, parallel stories, personal and political which sounds like a fascinating combination. if you think of the films of guillermo del toro or pans labyrinth, he's managed to do exactly that with the spanish civil war. to do exactly that with the spanish civilwar. it to do exactly that with the spanish civil war. it beautifully designed and beautifully played and a well—written script with great performances and a wonderful score. and it sounds like a perfect match. the problem for me if it is not so much parallel stories, it is tangential stories. you have the spanish civil war story which appears and gets sidelined and you have the personal story which is full of my led genetic contrivance which i meant to buy into because hey it serves the story and then we move back to the spanish civil war so now i have to say i am in the