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  • Summary: Jara is a shy and lonely 35-year-old security guard at a supermarket on the outskirts of Montevideo. He works the night shift, monitoring the surveillance cameras of the entire building. One night Jara discovers Julia, a 25-year-old cleaning woman, through one of the cameras and is immediately attracted to her. Night after night, he watches her on the cameras while she works. Soon he starts following her after work: to the cinema, the beach and even to a date with another man. Jara's life becomes a series of routines and rituals around Julia, but eventually he finds himself at a crossroad and must decide whether to give up his obsession or confront it. (Film Movement)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 6 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 10
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  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Phillips
    88
    Gigante represents the sort of artful low-budget accomplishment that could, and should, be coming out of distressingly stingy Chicago once a year - whatever the subject, whatever the sensibility.
  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    75
    Because of the limitations imposed by the nature of Gigante, and because of Jara's simple, almost childish shyness, the film doesn't transcend its characters. Like Jara, it waits and watches.
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Deborah Young
    60
    The film is impeccable but distant, lacking in spontaneity and not very original.

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