Perhaps because they have grown bored beyond all imagining with the formula plots in most crime stories, a lot of young directors play tricks with the facts. Audiences, who also know the basic plots by heart, think they're seeing another one and are willingly fooled. "Swimming Pool" is a current example of the technique when it works; "Lucia, Lucia" illustrates the technique grown a little tiresome.
Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón started his career with the well-received A Little Princess and gave his take on Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations with Ethan Hawke,.