Donnie Darko

For Franco Arriagada

Enigmatic, fascinating and unique. In many ways these could be called DonnieDarko, shot in 2001 and directed by Richard Kelly. This psychological thriller tells the story of Donnie, a teenager with an apparent sleepwalking and paranoid schizophrenia. Due to this condition, Darko has terrifying visions of a rabbit namedFrank. In one of the many occurrences of the sinister character, he tells theprotagonist that the world will end in 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes and 12 seconds.

With this pressure, Donnie is immersed in an atmosphere in which she has mental voyages contrast with retracted his personality. At the same time, Frank-intepretedby James Duval-Darko gives indications as it appears. These requests are becoming ever more extreme, anticipating events that are to occur.

Notable among such scenes difficult to understand, the participation of actors likePatrick Swayze, who plays a sort of false spiritual guidance and Barrimore Drew, who plays a teacher who repeatedly appears throughout the film. Also, theprotagonist, Jake Gyllenhaal (Brockebakck Mountain, The Day After Tomorrow), is brilliant, giving life to a Donnie increasingly affected by the appearances of Frank and the orders he gives.

The most salvageable of the tape: forcing the viewer to think and constantly have tobuild the story, considering that not even the protagonist knows, at first, like putting together the complicated puzzle. A puzzle that has to do with destiny and the abilityto accept or bending Donnie hand.

Title: Donnie Darko, duración: 115 minutos. Reparto: Jake Gyllenhall, Patrick Swayze, Drew Barrymore, Noah Wyle, James Duval. Director: Richard Kelly