A singular event can haunt you the rest of your life. This is the case for Tomás(Jordi Dauder), an old man returning to the Spanish village which was once his home, now modernized except for the home of an accused "witch", which remains an eyesore for those who were alive that fateful day when Moira(the luscious Natalia Millán)was burned alive. Considered a heretic visited by men at her home at night(or that is what Tomás keeps hearing), Moira is shunned as an outcast by the nearby Spanish village which functions as deeply Catholic, rife with gossiping busybodies who have nothing better to do than belittle someone who doesn't share their personal beliefs. This mini-film, part of the Spanish series, "6 films to keep you awake", alternates between two time periods..Tomás as a teenager head-over-heels in love(or infatuated/obsessed)with Moira and the Tomás as a tormented relic, bitter and anguished, recovering from his wife's suicide, having never recuperated from the horrifying moment when his beloved was taken from him. SPECTRE comments on forbidden love, ghosts from the past, and fanaticism where a village decides to become judge, jury, and executioner over the "whore" in their midst. SPECTRE takes the fantasy of a teenage boy and a sexy older woman engaging in a torrid love affair and weaves a tragic tale, sumptuously photographed. It's inevitable that the relationship for Tomás and Moira will not end happily due to outside factors. Natalia Millán is the perfect embodiment of the dangerous woman that seduces your thoughts, who has you staring at the ceiling contemplating the caress of her body, needing to hold and touch her, at times unable to do so, yet wanting to badly. SPECTRE elaborates how the past can forever hold someone in its grip, which is the case of the elder Tomás. You can just see the decades of regret and disappointment written on the face of Dauder, having never let go of Moira's memory. I imagine the character relived those passionate moments with Moira time and again--to relinquish those feelings is impossible. He's motivated to return to the place of his youth thanks to a tarot card sent to him by someone..once he gets there, Moira's presence engulfs him.
Review of Spectre
