L'Auberge Espagnole (Pot Luck)(Euro Pudding)(The Spanish Apa...

L'Auberge Espagnole (Pot Luck)(Euro Pudding)(The Spanish Apartment)

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Audrey Tautou, Barnaby Metschurat, Cécile De France, Christian Pagh, Cristina Brondo

As part of a job that he is promised, Xavier, an economics student in his late twenties, signs on to a European exchange program in order to gain working knowledge of the Spanish language. Promising t...( read more  read more... )hat they'll remain close, he says farewell to his loving girlfriend, then heads to Barcelona. Following his arrival, Xavier is soon thrust into a cultural melting pot when he moves into an apartment full of international students. An Italian, an English girl, a boy from Denmark, a young woman from Belgium, a German and a girl from Andalusia all join him in a series of adventures that serve as an initiation to life.

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  • December 21, 2009
    At first sight, this film is a lively and engaging comedy, particularly for anybody familiar with the world of Erasmus students. Klapisch has undoubtedly succeeded in capturing the atmosphere of the multi-national student squat, creating an immediately interesting cultural crossr...( read more)oads, and of course a premise for lots of stereotyped jokes. And what trendier place for it all to take place than Barcelona ? The film's sparky characterisation (particularly Wendy zi English and her 'geezer' of a brother) proves that Klapish has observed intently the lifestyle and behaviour of today's European student travelers.

    However, this does not hide a handful of gaping holes in the plot, which are easily noticeable on a second viewing of the film.

    L'auberge espagnole falls arms flailing into the voice-over trap: drastic over-use throughout. Whether Klapisch intended to give a bird's eye view of the action, or simply to speed up the pace of the film at times, the result of too much voice-over is that Xavier's character loses its authenticity.

    Romain Duris's acting is wooden - particularly with so many beautiful females around. As for Judith Godreche, she plays a non-starter of a part. Her character has no proper relationship with either of her men.

    Klapish has paid attention to some nice little details. A quick shot of a sandal's foot on a marble staircase, William the English lad's upturned collar, and a TV clip of the Catalan sport of human tower-building, for example.

    However these little gems cannot hide flagrant over-editing which stagger the flow of the film and dissolve any feeling of resolution at the end. The frantic city running scene à la 007 is ridiculous: why ALL the house mates have to return so suddenly remains a mystery.

    Some say this film makes political reference to the leading European powers. I think that it just wants to be a light entertaining comedy: it nearly fails even to be that !
  • February 15, 2009
    Cool.

    Had some memorable scenes. Sappy radiohead music - not too spiffy. Nice affair with the wife scene. Hamburgers.
  • September 12, 2008
    Weird... but good
  • September 5, 2008
    A movie I can really identify with about a bunch of Erasmus students from across Europe sharing a house and life in Barcelona. It avoids being corny, and presents a funny, entertaining depiction of international university life, and the self-development of the characters and thei...( read more)r national stereotypes.
  • January 28, 2008
    A future European classic. Appealing and persuasive picture of European integration and globalization, in which national and cultural differences lose relevance when human beings find themselves together. A fun and lovable, cozy mess of a film. Not to mention, set in one of my fa...( read more)vourite places in the world: Barcelona.
  • December 22, 2009
    So real and so true ! An incomparable comedy about friendship and love!!
  • November 26, 2009
    ejem...bueno, a pesar de que mi actriz favorita es Audrey Tautou y el papel que hace en ésta película no es principal...la película en sí tiene cosas que me han gustado y otras que no...lo poco que me ha gustado es alguna que otra broma y las escenas de Audrey, pero el resto me d...( read more)ecepcionó un poquito...es exactamente todo lo que no me gusta de Barcelona y exactamente todo lo que no me gusta de la juventud :S
    Muestran las peores calles y la peor gente de Barcelona, y encima la engloban como latina... solo barrios con bares de mala muerte donde van todos los cholos y borrachos y con la musica pachanguera egggh :S para mi opinión es lo peor de Barcelona. Y respecto a los personajes...no me gustó ninguno! uno de graciosillo, la otra de tontita pero luego se lía con uno cualquiera, la lesbiana machorra pervertida, la española verdulera y la pareja de casados sin comentários, tampoco me gusta nada el protagonista como trata a su madre sin respeto y cómo se olvida tan pronto de su novia, tonteando con todas! no sé cómo teniendo a Martine tan adorable pudo liarse con esa petarda :P
    La vi porque sale Audrey Tautou en la portada pensando que sería protagonista pero si llego a saber que solo sale unos minutos no la hubiera visto.
    Tampoco me gusta el mensaje de "perseguir los sueños hasta perder todo" refiriéndose a trabajo y/o metas que no sean por amor...me quedo con lo clásico y el respeto y los modales de otras épocas :P lo siento pero no comparto nada de ésta película :(
    PS: Le doy 4 estrellas por Audrey que si no...
  • November 18, 2009
    I LIKE AUDREY TAUTOU
  • October 22, 2009
    Great fun, a very enjoyable euro comedy with some good laughs.
  • October 14, 2009
    [L'Auberge Espagnole] tells a story how a young lad (Xavier) taking off his life, and learning to grow up. The film is so lively, funny & amusing. The opening & the montages are especially impressive. It is everyone's deja vu of how to deal with a different life in a literally to...( read more)tal different country- both physically & spiritually. Romain Duris is charismatic as always.

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