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Manuel Martín CuencaKuvaus:
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Antonio de la Torre, Javier Gutiérrez, Tenoch Huerta, María León, Adriana Paz, Joaquín Climent, Adelfa Calvo, José Chaves, Fran Torres (lisää)Suoratoistopalvelut (1)
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Álvaro (Javier Gutiérrez) dreams of being a writer, a true artist, not a hack like his bestselling-author wife, Amanda (María León). When he catches her cheating on him right outside their home, Álvaro decides to leave Amanda and quit his boring job as a notary clerk so he can dedicate his life to the written word. But the blank page staring at him from the desk of his new Seville apartment is daunting. How does one reach the sublimity of high literature while suffering from writer's block? Enlisting the help of his writing professor (Antonio de la Torre) and the love of his building's gossipy doorwoman (Adelfa Calvo), Álvaro begins to insinuate himself into the lives of his neighbours: the Mexican immigrant family next door and the chess-playing, Franco-loving septuagenarian upstairs. As he pulls strings and instigates drama in the lives of those around him, Álvaro becomes the butt of his own joke. (Toronto International Film Festival)
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Such an interesting idea and such an uninteresting execution. The characters are annoying, the plot boring. Unfortunately, the fact that the plotcontains an intriguing moment or two does not make it into a fun experience. Vančura’s comment is accurate. Since I don’t know the director, I’m guessing that it will be one of those Spanish classics who live in their own world and have very strongopinions on certain things, which they translate into their personal film testimonies à la Almodovar.
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