Quim Gutiérrez,
Marta Etura,
Raúl Arévalo,
Antonio de la Torre,
Héctor Colomé
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A handful of young people try to sort out the complications of their relationships -- both romantic and familial -- in this comedy drama from Spain. Jorge (Quim Gutierrez) is a guy in his mid-twenties... read more
DVD Release Date: January 8, 2008
Stats: 282 reviews
This is a movie about relationships -- relationships between family, between friends, between lovers, even one relationship where Jorge is trying to get his brother's girlfriend pregnant.
The movie keeps you watching with its interesting concepts. I'm not sure if Jorge does lear... read more
Why can't ALL movies possess such qualities?!
Foreign films usually possess this sense of je ne sais quoi. Review TBA.
It's frustrating how the dialogues tend to lack subtlety, therefore cheapening the emotional connection, but the characters are very well written and everyone gives a very good performance.
Beautifully filmed, nice score, well-acted. The characters are well developed and deep enough to be able to feel with them.
Bifurcated images, isolating the characters from their dreams and from one another, create a yearning atmosphere that pulls you in; like their director, you really want them to escape.
Tells [a] ludicrously compact, aggressively 'heartfelt,' colorfully contrived story. Full Review
Writer/director Aravalo and a fine cast tell the story with great charm.
The plotline's complexity is matched by the depth of the issues explored, with the cast uniformly coming up trumps. Full Review
The actors form an appealing ensemble, bringing a warmth and appeal that make the film more compelling than its familiar themes might normally merit.
The plot of Spanish director Daniel Sanchez Arevalo's well-acted feature debut is the kind that his countryman Pedro Almodovar would imbue with bold colors, acid humor and perhaps a headstrong transve... Full Review
Daniel Sanchez Arevalo makes an impressive feature debut with this thoughtful, mordantly funny, deeply human film. Full Review
A terrific debut from writer/director Daniel Sánchez Arévalo. Full Review
It's a well-acted soap with one too many plot lines, tied together by genteel audio-visual sutures and supported by the brittle metaphor of its title. Full Review
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