The basic problem of this film lies in the screen play Angeles Caso wrote. The direction by Gerardo Vera, doesn't allow much to happen, as the viewer is one step ahead of him in this predictable movie set in Spain in 1945.
As WWII is ending, Pablo, an Argentine Nazi sympathizer, living in Madrid, has the right contacts to prepare the way for some of the German higher ups to relocate in his country. With the help of Alina, he is trying to smuggle one important person of the fallen regime with his wife to his own country. He enlists his own mother, Clarita, to act as the go-between and secure new identities.
Into this mix Elvira enters. She is a beautiful woman who has fallen into poverty. His communist father, a distinguished doctor, was executed by Franco's followers. Now, living in poverty, with a husband in prison, she is hired to work in Pablo's apartment as a housekeeper. Pablo likes her from the start.
The film doesn't show any surprises. We know where it's going; nothing makes much sense. The acting is not too convincing. Partly Gerardo Vera's direction must be the key in understanding what went wrong. Leonor Watling's Elvira doesn't register any emotions. Leonardo Sbaraglia's Pablo is too bland. Cecilia Roth, an otherwise good actress, appears as Alina, a lesbian, who likes Elvira. Other famous faces in the cast, Rosa Maria Sarda, Norma Aleandro, Ernesto Alterio, Emilio Gutierrez Caba.
Watch it at your own risk.
As WWII is ending, Pablo, an Argentine Nazi sympathizer, living in Madrid, has the right contacts to prepare the way for some of the German higher ups to relocate in his country. With the help of Alina, he is trying to smuggle one important person of the fallen regime with his wife to his own country. He enlists his own mother, Clarita, to act as the go-between and secure new identities.
Into this mix Elvira enters. She is a beautiful woman who has fallen into poverty. His communist father, a distinguished doctor, was executed by Franco's followers. Now, living in poverty, with a husband in prison, she is hired to work in Pablo's apartment as a housekeeper. Pablo likes her from the start.
The film doesn't show any surprises. We know where it's going; nothing makes much sense. The acting is not too convincing. Partly Gerardo Vera's direction must be the key in understanding what went wrong. Leonor Watling's Elvira doesn't register any emotions. Leonardo Sbaraglia's Pablo is too bland. Cecilia Roth, an otherwise good actress, appears as Alina, a lesbian, who likes Elvira. Other famous faces in the cast, Rosa Maria Sarda, Norma Aleandro, Ernesto Alterio, Emilio Gutierrez Caba.
Watch it at your own risk.