20 Centimeters (20 Centimetres) (20 centímetros) (2005)
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44% of critics liked it
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A fantasy-prone transvestite who is looking to make the leap to transsexual status imagines that he is the star of a lavish universe punctuated by elaborate musical numbers in director Ramon Salazar's stylish sophomore feature. Adolfo (Monica Cervera) is a die-hard romantic who currently shares… More A fantasy-prone transvestite who is looking to make the leap to transsexual status imagines that he is the star of a lavish universe punctuated by elaborate musical numbers in director Ramon Salazar's stylish sophomore feature. Adolfo (Monica Cervera) is a die-hard romantic who currently shares a cramped apartment with Tomas (Miguel O'Dogherty). Though he was born a man, Adolfo prefers to go by the name Marieta, and is currently stashing away the money needed to shed the male appendage that is holding him back from full womanhood. Sex-change operations don't come cheap, though, and in order to raise said money Marieta must first land a decent-paying job. Though one successful interview does find Marieta hired as a railroad-station cleaner, the exhausted worker immediately falls asleep on the job and is quickly fired for doing so. It is in his sleep that Marieta truly comes alive, though, and after falling asleep during a conversation at a nearby market, the dreamland Ginger Rogers is pulled to safety by handsome stock boy El Reponedor (Pablo Puyol). As an intensely sexual relationship begins to develop between Marieta and El Reponedor, the aspiring transsexual discovers that even if he himself doesn't appreciate his one defining male characteristic, there are others out there who most certainly do. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Ramon Salazar
- Written By
- Ramon Salazar
- Genres
- Drama, Musical & Performing Arts, Art House & International, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jun 10, 2005 Wide
- Studio
- TLA Releasing
Critic Reviews
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Connie Ogle, Miami Herald
There's not much to savor in the way of plot, and the film aimlessly wanders through Marietta's life.
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Jonathan Holland, Variety
Showing a stylistic bravura and confidence rare among upcoming Spanish helmers, Ramon Salazar's campy 20 Centimeters is a self-regarding but vastly entertaining sophomore effort.
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John Anderson, Newsday
Director Ramón Salazar, in only his second feature, distinguishes himself from others who so less effectively bend genres, and genders.
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Scott Brown, Entertainment Weekly
Here's yet another self-consciously 'Almodóvarian' confection, studded with small odes to the glory of self-creation.
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Laura Kern, New York Times
Size plays a major role in this brash, vivacious concoction of dark comedy, light drama and musical performance.
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