Whisky by Juan Pablo Rebella

There is so much going on in this film and a lot of it lies beneath the surface. Jacobo, a sock factory owner in Uruguay finds himself having to get ready for a visit from his younger, more vivacious and quite prosperous brother Herman. Herman has run a very successful sock factory in Brazil for the past twenty years. Family ties have been lost but Herman does manage to come to visit for the ritual of placing a memorial stone for their mother’s grave. Jacobo has taken care of their mother during her final years. He doesn't want his brother to think he is alone now, so he enlists Marta a longtime employee to masquerade as his wife. I was taken with how well the film moved cinematically and with its subtleties. I won’t tell you why the title is Whisky - you’ll have to see it to find out. - Reviewed by Patricia